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Routine sinus treatment might not work

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

A new clinical trial reveals steroids may not be effective in treating acute sinusitis.

Steroids -- like prednisone -- are often prescribed by doctors to relieve sinus pain and pressure when anti-biotics don't work.

But Canadian researchers found patients taking prednisone had no better results than patients who were given a placebo.

-Study led by researchers at University Medical Centre Utrecht (NETH) and published in 'Canadian Medical Association Journal'

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