THE EFFECTS OF INTRANASAL TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE AND INTRANASAL FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE ON SHORT-TERM BONE GROWTH AND HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS IN CHILDREN WITH ALLERGIC RHINITIS

Abstract

Skoner DP, Gentile D, Banerji D, et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol . 2003;90:56–64 To evaluate the effects of triamcinolone acetonide (TAA) and fluticasone propionate (FP) aqueous nasal sprays on short-term, lower-leg growth velocity and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function among pediatric subjects. The subjects were 59 children (4–10.5 years of age) who were within normal limits for height and had a ≥1-year history of allergic rhinitis that required treatment and positive prick skin test responses to an inhalant allergen. Patients who had used corticosteroids in the previous 60 days were excluded from …