Patients and some doctors have an inflated sense of the risks of low-to-moderate strength cortisone cream and might not use enough to be effective.
Only one antiviral medication is approved by the FDA for RSV treatment, and it is administered through a nebulizer.
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A trial of methylprednisolone in kidney patients was halted recently because of safety concerns. But this doesn’t affect people taking the drug for asthma, arthritis or other inflammatory conditions.