Betapred används vid olika typer av sjukdomar för att dämpa inflammation och påverka immunförsvaret. Medicinen används huvudsakligen under kort tid för att lindra symtomen vid exempelvis astma, allergiska tillstånd, ormbett och svårare reaktioner vid insektsstick.

Severe attacks of asthma are sometimes treated with a course of steroid tablets, such as prednisolone.5 In this case, steroids are used as a 'reliever' therapy.
hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/asthma.html

This has made reliever therapy very effective and safe. However, we have also realized that the use of reliever drugs indicates that the child's asthma is ...
www.mehtachildcare.com/asthma/relievers.htm

Optimal asthma control was not achieved, however, as patients in these studies still had a notable requirement for short-acting reliever therapy ...
ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/171/2/129





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Note added at 5 days (2006-07-05 21:20:28 GMT) Post-grading
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".. bryta hans reaktivitet"

'prevent/suppress his reactivity'