Inhaled Steroid Doses

 
Comparitive Dosages
Adults and Children Over 12 Years of Age
Children Under 12 Years and Younger

 
Inhaled Steroid Low Dose Medium Dose High Dose
Beclomethasone dipropionate 168 - 504 mcg 504 - 840 mcg > 840 mcg
84 - 336 mcg 336 - 672 mcg > 672 mcg
Budesonide DPI 200 - 400 mcg 400 - 600 mcg > 600 mcg
100 - 200 mcg 200 - 400 mcg > 400 mcg
Flunisolide 500 - 1,000 mcg 1,000 - 2,000 mcg > 2,000 mcg
500 - 750 mcg 1,000 - 1,250 mcg > 1, 250 mcg
Fluticasone 88 - 264 mcg 264 - 660 mcg > 660 mcg
88 - 176 mcg 176 - 440 mcg > 440 mcg
Triamcinolone acetonide 400 - 1,000 mcg 1,000 - 2,000 mcg > 2,000 mcg
400 - 800 mcg 800 - 1,200 mcg > 1,200 mcg

This page is based on the Practical Guide for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, a publication of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health of the United States
NIH Publication No. 97-4053, October 1997

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