Eleni Domzaridou

2 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Eleni Domzaridou |Matthew Carr |David Williams

Prescribing of oral and inhaled corticosteroids in primary care showed that 20% of users accounted for 80% of total prescriptions. Higher users of corticosteroids were older, with comorbidities including inflammatory bowel diseases, respiratory disease, or rheumatoid arthritis. Kaplan–Meier plots showed varying treatment persistence; the proportion of persistent patients after 1 month was 20% for oral corticosteroid users, and after 2 months was 50% for inhaled corticosteroid users.