Use Of Inhaled Corticosteroid Budesonide Does Not Increase Risk Of Pneumonia In Lung Disease Patients

Contrary to other research findings, patients using the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide to treat Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are not at increased risk of pneumonia, and the drug is safe to use in these patients, concludes an Article in this week's COPD special issue of The Lancet.