<prompt> Management of steroid resistant asthma is done by: March 2005Oral steroidsLong acting Beta-2 agonistLeucotrine antagonistTheophylline  <response>: Ans. A: Oral steroids It is defined as failure to respond to a high dose of oral prednisolone 40 mg once daily over 2 weeks More common is reduced responsiveness to coicosteroids where control of asthma requires oral coicosteroids coicosteroid dependent asthma Most of these patients requires a maintenance therapy with oral coicosteroids. Low dose of theophylline may be helpful in some patients. Few patients may benefit from infusion of beta-2 agonists. 