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Beclometasone is an inhaled corticosteroid drug for the use of prophylaxis of asthma. In physiology, corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. ...

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Beclometasone is a synthetic corticosteroid and is used to decrease inflammation in the lungs.
Beclometasone is taken using an inhaler device to treat asthma.
Beclometasone aerosol inhalers and dry powder inhalers are also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.
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Beclometasone dipropionate is not suitable for the treatment of an acute asthma attack.
Because beclometasone dipropionate is delivered directly to the lungs by the inhaled route it avoids the high level of exposure that occurs when corticosteroids are given by systemic routes.
The use of beclometasone dipropionate in mothers breast feeding their babies requires that the therapeutic benefits of the drug be weighed against the potential hazards to the mother and baby.
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