Community Pediatric Asthma Service
Oral Corticosteroids
Sometimes asthma symptoms worsen
and cannot be controlled with your
inhaled corticosteroid medicine alone.
Oral corticosteroids are used to treat
severe asthma attacks.
You may be prescribed extra corticosteroid
therapy in a pill or liquid form, often taken for
3-5 days to help reduce swelling/inflammation.
Oral corticosteroids are "add-on" medicines
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