Risk of adverse effects of inhalers — Because postmenopausal women treated for asthma with inhalers (also known as inhaled corticosteroids) have significantly lower bone mineral density, they are at additional risk for osteoporo
Risk of adverse effects of inhalers — Because postmenopausal women treated
for asthma with inhalers (also
known as inhaled corticosteroids) have significantly lower bone mineral density, they are at additional
risk for osteoporo
risk for osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis tends to run in families, and genetics is
known to play an important role in bone mineral density, a major
risk factor
for fractures.