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Asthma Medicine
Formoterol safe and effective when used as needed
June 6th, 2005
Formoterol is safe and effective when used as needed for relief of asthma symptoms. Investigators in Sweden evaluated the utility of "as-needed treatment with formoterol compared with the short-acting alternative terbutaline." "Two double-blind, 12-month, parallel-group, non-inferiority trials comparing as-needed use of formoterol (Oxis) 4.5 microg and terbutaline (Bricanyl) 0.5 mg via dry-powder inhaler (Turbuhaler), one in 675 patients with intermittent and one in 455 patients with mild persistent asthma," were conducted by A. Chuchalin and coauthors at AstraZeneca R&D Lund. Participants ranged from "6-87 years of age," the...
Source: Biotech Business Week (2005-06-06)
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