Voegeli H
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1980 Feb 9;110(6):208-10.
About 25% of steroid-dependent asthmatic patients are treated repeatedly with intramuscular depot corticosteroids by their family doctors. The results of a questionnaire circulated amongst general practitioners in a rural area of Switzerland revealed that 57% of these doctors occasionally or habitually prescribe depot corticosteroids to patients with severe asthma. Only a small percentage of general practitioners realize that depot corticosteroids arrest adrenal function for several days or weeks. The long-term ineffectiveness of depot corticosteroids against asthma and their increased side effects are not universally known.
约25%的依赖类固醇的哮喘患者由其家庭医生反复使用长效糖皮质激素进行治疗。在瑞士一个农村地区向全科医生发放的一份调查问卷结果显示，这些医生中有57%偶尔或习惯性地给重症哮喘患者开长效糖皮质激素。只有一小部分全科医生意识到长效糖皮质激素会使肾上腺功能停止数天或数周。长效糖皮质激素对哮喘治疗的长期无效性及其副作用增加并非广为人知。
