Learn about the potential long-term and short-term risks of repeated steroid use in Asthma patients. Discover how DUPIXENT may help reduce or eliminate oral steroid use.
Oral corticosteroid (OCS)–dependent asthma is asthma that is either uncontrolled or difficult
to treat and relies on OCS in addition to other medications to:
Oral steroids can be helpful for controlling asthma symptoms when prescribed, but using them to
treat your asthma more than twice a year could be a sign your asthma is uncontrolled.
You should always speak with your doctor about the medication you're taking.
Weight gain
Elevated eye pressure
(glaucoma)
Problems with mood, stress,
sleep, memory, and behavior
Vision loss (cataracts)
Bone loss (osteoporosis)
Diabetes
This is not a complete list of all potential risks associated with oral steroid use. For more information, speak with your healthcare provider.
Fill out your personalized doctor discussion
guide to help get the conversation started.
Tim experienced side effects from the steroids he used to help his asthma. Learn how DUPIXENT played a role in decreasing his
reliance on steroids and improving control of his asthma symptoms. Individual results may vary.
DUPIXENT is not a steroid or inhaler. It works by blocking a key source of airway inflammation.
*Do not stop taking your corticosteroid medicines unless instructed by your healthcare provider. This may cause other symptoms that were controlled by the corticosteroid medicine to come back.
Explore how DUPIXENT works in the lungs and learn about the science of DUPIXENT.
