Steroids for asthma

Local therapy, such as topical preparations for skin disease, ophthalmic forms for eye disease, intra-articular injections for joint disease, inhaled steroids for asthma, and hydrocortisone enemas for ulcerative colitis, provides a means of delivering large amounts of steroid to the diseased tissue with reduced systemic effects. 

Yang D, Wang J, Bunjhoo H, Xiong W, Xu Y, Zhao J. Comparison of the efficacy and safety of mometasone furcate to other inhaled steroids for asthma a meta-analysis. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol March 2013 31(l) 26-35. 

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