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The article evaluates whether administration of inhaled corticosteroids could acutely stimulate growth hormone (GH) secretion, and whether this effect could be dose related. Inhaled corticosteroids are the most effective and widely used anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of bronchial asthma, and to such an extent they have been incorporated into national as well as international guidelines. Systemic administration of corticosteroids has a dual effect on GH secretion in man--long-term administration consistently blocks GH release, leading to a possible growth delay in childhood, whereas acute systemic administration stimulates GH release.