Budesonide is recommended as one of the first-line drugs for treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease, and in a recent study researchers updated a ...

Patients with comorbid chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps and asthma reported significant reductions in endoscopic sinus score and severity, as well as decreased dosage of oral steroids ...

If budesonide-formoterol were to become available over the counter (OTC) and used as-needed for mild asthma, it would save lives and cut healthcare costs, according to a computer modeling study ...

San Antonio, Tex., - March 19, 2005 – New data indicated that earlier intervention with once-daily budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid delivered by dry powder inhaler to children with mild ...

Symbicort contains the active medications budesonide and formoterol. Budesonide belongs to a drug class called corticosteroids. Formoterol belongs to a drug class called long-acting beta2 agonists.

Severe exacerbation occurred in 5.1% of patients taking albuterol/budesonide compared with 9.1% of patients taking albuterol alone in the on-treatment efficacy population. Albuterol/budesonide ...