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To: frankw1900 who wrote (721119)	7/9/2020 3:03:10 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By Thomas M. Respond to of 793568

Dr Been thinks inhaled steroids could be helpful — because even while they suppress the immune system, if they do it in a “balanced” way, there might be a positive clinical effect. He doesn’t mention the suggested mechanism from that review article, where they assert that inhaled steroids may have a direct virucidal action. Would be very interesting if this proves to be real. My “first” impression is that no doubt, there may be situations when inhaled steroids could be very useful - first of all, for people with long problems - like Asthma or COPD - where lungs can use some help, even at the expense of risking some degree of suppression of the immune system - and ending up with a larger viral load. Other meds should help with that. Doesn’t sound like a silver bullet - but, a potentially useful treatment option. We shall see.