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Med’s Amy Edwards comments on effectiveness of a nasal spray steroid, budesonide, on treating measles

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HealthAmy Edwards, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, discussed budesonide, a nasal spray steroid that claims to effective in treating measles. “I’m not aware of any papers that show that supportive therapy with inhaled steroids would be beneficial in somebody with measles,” she said.