Doctors at The Cochrane Collaboration, an organization that evaluates medical trials, have found that patients who use inhaled steroids (Beclovent, Pulmicort, and Flovent) had an average of three fewer major asthma flare-ups per year than those who used inhaled cromolyn (Intal). Steroid patients also used their "rescue" inhalers less and scored significantly higher on lung-function tests.
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