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2. Anti-asthmatic agent - Wikipedia

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   An anti-asthmatic agent, also known as an anti-asthma drug, refers to a drug that can aid in airway smooth muscle dilation to allow normal breathing during an asthma attack or reduce inflammation on the airway to decrease airway resistance for asthmatic patients, or both. The goal of asthmatic agents is to reduce asthma exacerbation frequencies ...

3. Beta2-adrenergic agonist - Wikipedia

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   They are primarily used to treat asthma and other pulmonary disorders. 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. Category:Antiasthmatic drugs - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... These drugs are used for the treatment of asthma. They may ...

5. Long-acting beta-adrenoceptor agonist - Wikipedia

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   In the United States. it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the trade name Arcapta Neohaler on July 1, 2011) [12] olodaterol: approved in some European countries and Russia, and by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 31, 2014, under Striverdi Respimat [13]

6. Discovery and development of beta2 agonists - Wikipedia

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   This long duration of action made the treatment for severe asthma and COPD more convenient for the patients because it is inhaled twice a day. [1] In 2013 an extra long-acting β 2-agonist, vilanterol, was marketed. Its duration of action lasts for 24 hours which should improve patients' compliance and make the treatment more convenient. [2]

7. Budesonide/formoterol - Wikipedia

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   Budesonide/formoterol, sold under the brand name Symbicort among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used in the management of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [2] It contains budesonide , a steroid ; and formoterol , a long-acting β 2 -agonist (LABA). [ 2 ]