acutely ill asthmatic patients treated in the usual fashion in an emergency room setting and discharged within six hours were studied to determine whether therapy with a single injection of a repository corticosteroid ( methylprednisolone sodium acetate ) could be as effective as a tapering course of oral corticosteroids in decreasing asthma symptomatology and relapse within seven days .
C0600901
methylprednisolone
C0004096
asthma