Budesonide is a synthetic steroid with a 15-fold higher affinity for glucocorticoid receptors. It is an alternative to prednisolone. Due to its high first-pass metabolism in the liver, budesonide ...
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 ...
Intratracheal administration of budesonide mixed with surfactant did not reduce the rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or death compared with surfactant alone in extremely premature infants by ...