Rates Of Corticosteroid And Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Significantly Increased With Omicron As Compared To Alpha And Delta Variants Of COVID-19 In Patients With Asthma

The novel Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic remains ongoing and is complicated by the emergence of new variants. The impact of different variants on asthma is not known although early variants were not associated with increased disease burden in asthmatics. We compared healthcare burden in asthmatics among dominant COVID-19 variants during three time periods, comparing systemic corticosteroid and antibiotic prescriptions.