Asthma Drugs May Increase Cataract Risks in Elderly哮喘藥可能會增加白內障的風險,在老人

A Canadian research team while studing data compiled over 14 years from more than 100,000 patients with either asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) discovered that the patients who are taking anti-asthmatic medications to treat their asthma or lung disease may be more likely to develop cataracts.加拿大研究小組的同時,學習彙編的數據超過14年以上十萬患者無論是哮喘或慢性阻塞性肺疾病( COPD )發現,病人誰正在平喘藥物治療哮喘或肺病可能會更容易白內障的發展。

"We found that people over the age of 65 who take a cortisone-like medication called inhaled corticosteroids to lower their risk of asthma or COPD attacks are actually raising their risk of developing cataracts," study author Dr. Samy Suissa, an epidemiologist at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, said in a prepared statement. “我們發現,人超過65歲誰採取可的松類藥物治療所謂的吸入性類固醇,以降低其風險性哮喘或慢性阻塞性肺疾病的攻擊,其實是提高他們的風險,發展中國家的白內障, ”研究作者德薩米蘇伊沙,一名流行病學家在麥吉爾大學健康中心在蒙特利爾說,在一份準備好的聲明。 "This important information to physicians and patients will help in the management of patients using these drugs." “這一重要信息,醫生和患者將有助於在管理病人使用這些藥物的” 。

Of all the patients studied, over 10,000 of them developed severe cataracts.所有病人的研究,有超過1.0萬,他們制定了嚴重的白內障。

"We recommend that elderly asthma sufferers keep using these very effective medications, but make efforts to reduce the dose of inhaled corticosteroids as much as possible," Suissa said. “我們建議老人哮喘患者繼續使用這些非常有效的藥物,但作出的努力,以減低劑量的吸入性類固醇,盡可能多地” ,蘇伊沙說。

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