My doctor prescribed my child steroids (also known as Corticosteroids). Is this medicine safe for my child?

Yes, absolutely! Corticosteroids are not harmful for your child. Corticosteroids are NOT the same as anabolic steroids, used by athletes to increase muscle tissue.

• Long-term treatment with corticosteroids is safe and can help your child’s lungs return to normal without any harmful side effects.
• Corticosteroids are controller medicines and are safe to be taken everyday.
• Corticosteroids reduce inflammation in the lungs and are currently the best treatment for asthma.
• Corticosteroids work well because they help keep the lungs healthy to prevent asthma attacks, instead of just treating the symptoms.