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Guidelines suggest daily use of inhaled steroid for persistent asthma with lsquo;step-downrsquo; of treatment after control has been achieved. The exact nature of step-down treatment is, however open to debate. Researchers in the USA (Lancet 2011;377:650ndash;7, see also Comment, ibid:614ndash;16) have suggested that treatment with an inhaled steroid (beclomethasone) and a selective short-acting beta;2 agonist (salbutamol (albuterol)) only during exacerbations (rescue treatment) could be an appropriate choice. A total of 288 patients aged 5ndash;18 years with mild persistent asthma responsive to twice daily inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate were randomly allocated to one of four treatment groups for 44 weeks. With a 2.2 factorial design the options were twice daily beclomethasone o...

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