Asthma Medicine
Formoterol safe and effective when used as needed
Published in Drug Week, June 10th, 2005
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...
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Source: Drug Week (2005-06-10)
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