Characteristics of Oral Corticosteroid Users Among Persons with Asthma on GINA Step 3 Therapy and Above: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portuguese Community Pharmacies.
Mariana RomãoCarolina BulhosaZilda MendesCatarina SousaGraça SilvaMariana PereiraFilipa BernardoAntónio Teixeira RodriguesJoão A FonsecaJaime Correia de SousaPublished in: Journal of asthma and allergy (2022)
These results highlight the burden of OCS therapy to asthma patients and the need to improve asthma management, by adopting OCS sparing strategies in this subgroup of patients.