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  2. Bronchodilator - Wikipedia

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    Bronchodilators are either short-acting or long-acting. Short-acting medications provide quick or "rescue" relief from acute bronchoconstriction. Long-acting bronchodilators help to control and prevent symptoms. The three types of prescription bronchodilating drugs are beta-2 adrenergic agonists (short- and long-acting), anticholinergics (short ...

  3. Beta2-adrenergic agonist - Wikipedia

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    Bronchodilators are considered an important treatment regime for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are usually used in combination with short acting medications and long acting medications in a combined inhaler. [1] [2]

  4. Discovery and development of beta2 agonists - Wikipedia

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    Short-acting β 2-agonists are used to treat exercise-induced asthma, [7] and for asthma patients to get a quick relief of symptoms. They are taken 10–15 minutes before exercise. The bronchodilation begins few minutes after inhalation of short-acting β 2-agonists and lasts from 4 to 8 hours.

  5. Respiratory pharmacology - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Adrenergic (Sympathomimetic) Bronchodilators subsection. 1.1 Ultra Short-Acting. 1.2 Short-Acting. 1.3 Long-Acting. 1.4 Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) ...

  6. Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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    The symptoms of acute exacerbations are treated using short-acting bronchodilators. A course of corticosteroids, usually in tablet or intravenous rather than inhaled form, can speed up recovery. [1] The IV and oral forms of steroids have been found to be equivalent. [20]

  7. Levosalbutamol - Wikipedia

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    Levosalbutamol's bronchodilator properties give it indications in treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, also known as chronic obstructive lung disease) and asthma. Like other bronchodilators, it acts by relaxing smooth muscle in the bronchial tubes , and thus shortening or reversing an acute "attack" of shortness of breath ...