“Our data are mostly reassuring and support the use of inhaled glucocorticoids during pregnancy,” wrote first author Marion Tegethoff, an associate faculty member in clinical psychology and psychiatry at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues.
The study appears online ahead of print in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Asthma is common in pregnant women and glucocorticoids are the recommended treatment, the researchers noted.
“This is the first comprehensive study of potential effects of glucocorticoid inhalation during pregnancy on the health of offspring, covering a wide spectrum of pediatric diseases,” study co-author author Gunther Meinlschmidt, an associate faculty member in clinical psychology and epidemiology, said in a journal news release. “While our results support the use of these widely used asthma treatments during pregnancy, their effect on endocrine and metabolic disturbances during childhood merits further study.”
Although the study found an association between inhaler use and certain disorders, it did not show cause and effect.Type your content here…
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