What are the side-effects from inhaled steroids or steroid tablets?
Your controller inhaler might make you a little hoarse every now and then, because some of the medicine can stay in your mouth and throat if you dont use a valved-holding chamber or spacer. It’s also possible to get thrush in the back of your throat or tongue from this medicine. You can prevent this by making it a practice to rinse out your mouth with water and spit it out after taking each time you take your controller inhaler. Steroid tablets give you a higher dose of steroids than your controller inhaler. You need this higher dose if your asthma gets really bad. When you only need to take them for a week or so, there are no serious side effects. You might get a little indigestion or heartburn, and if you do, tell your doctor. If your asthma is so serious that you need to be on steroid tablets for months or years, there can be side effects like weight gain, thinning of the bones and skin and increased blood pressure. Before you start long-term treatment with steroid tablets, you and
