Lactobacillus casei SD-5842 and Reduced Asthma Medication Use

• A multi-strain Synbiotic may reduce viral respiratory infections in asthmatic children: a randomized controlled trial.

  • 2016-09-20
  • RCT · n = 72
  • Electronic physician 8(9)
  • • Hamid Ahanchian
    • Seyed Ali Jafari
    • Elham Ansari
    • Toktam Ganji
    • Mohammad Ali Kiani
    • Maryam Khalesi
    • Tooba Momen
    • Hamidreza Kianifar

  • PubMed: 27790333
  • DOI: 10.19082/2833

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Asthma Medication Use

  • High evidence

  Salbutamol consumption was significantly lower in the synbiotic group, but there were no significant differences in school absenteeism, oral prednisolone use, outpatient visits, or hospital admissions.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes