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| Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Online) |
| 2009; 1: 1-11 |
| Effect of Acupuncture Treatment in Patients with Bronchial Asthma |
| SUZUKI Masao 1), NAMURA Kenji 2), EGAWA Masato 3), YANO Tadashi 1) |
| 1) Department of Health Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Oriental Medicine, 2) Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, 3) Department of Geriatric Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Oriental Medicine |
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| Table 5: Changes in corticosteroids and severity |
| At the end of Period A1, compared with the start of Period A1, oral corticosteroids were interrupted in three cases and inhaled corticosteroids were reduced in two cases due to improved asthma attacks. In Period B, oral corticosteroids were resumed in three cases due to deterioration of asthma attacks and the doses of inhaled corticosteroids were increased in two. However, at the end of Period A2 compared with the start of Period A2, oral corticosteroids were stopped in three cases due to improvement of asthma attacks and the doses of inhaled corticosteroids were reduced in three cases. |