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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 ...
On 18 November 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted healthcare professionals and patients that several long-acting bronchodilator medicines have been associated with possible increased risk of worsening wheezing in some people, and requested that manufacturers update warnings in their existing product labeling.
Common examples of alpha 1 blockers are Tamsulosin, Prazosin, Phentolamine, and Phenoxybenzamine. [1] Each agent has its own off-label uses, some examples include Tamsulosin for urinary disorders, Prazosin for post-traumatic stress disorder -related nightmares and Raynaud phenomenon , Phentolamine for hypertensive crisis and extravasation of ...
There were no asthma-related deaths and few asthma-related serious adverse events when salmeterol is used with an inhaled steroid. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] At least with formoterol , an increased risk appears to be present even when steroids are used [ 7 ] and this risk has not been ruled out for salmeterol.
Asthma is a chronic condition that affects the airways in the lungs. The image shows the difference between a healthy bronchial airway (left) and a bronchial airway during an asthma attack (right). Exposure to asthma triggers can lead to inflammation and narrowing of airways in asthma patients, resulting in asthma attacks and breathing ...
Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), also called NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease (N-ERD) or historically aspirin-induced asthma and Samter's Triad, is a long-term disease defined by three simultaneous symptoms: asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, and intolerance of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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Pulmonary drug delivery is a route of administration in which patients use an inhaler to inhale their medications and drugs are absorbed into the bloodstream via the lung mucous membrane. This technique is most commonly used in the treatment of lung diseases, for example, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) .