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  • Title: A three- to five-year follow-up of the use of the aerosol steroid, beclomethasone dipropionate, in childhood asthma.
    Author: Godfrey S, Balfour-Lynn L, Tooley M.
    Journal: J Allergy Clin Immunol; 1978 Dec; 62(6):335-9. PubMed ID: 712019.
    Abstract:
    Nineteen asthmatic children treated with the aerosol steroid, beclomethasone dipropionate, were followed 3 to 5 yr. Good control was maintained in all but one child throughout, although 73% have needed 1 or 2 wk of supplementary oral steroids per year for exacerbations. Growth has been along the percentile on which the child entered the study. No serious side effects have been encountered among 41 children treated between 1 and 5 yr with beclomethasone dipropionate. Seventeen percent needed prolonged alternate-day oral steroids, although all but one child did eventually return to good control with beclomethasone dipropionate.
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