Adverse effects of inhaled glucocorticoids

This article discusses inhaled glucocorticoid therapy, which offers the pot ential of controlling asthma without the side effects consistently associat ed with systemic glucocorticoids by delivering an efficacious topical dose with minimal systemic absorption. Topics discussed include hypothalamic-pit uitary-adrenal axis suppression, growth, osteoporosis, ocular complications , and dermal thinning and bruising.