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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. Category:Antiasthmatic drugs - Wikipedia

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    These drugs are used for the treatment of asthma. They may be useful either in the treatment or prevention of asthma attacks. ... Anti-asthmatic agent; B.

  4. Theophylline/ephedrine - Wikipedia

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    [9] [7] [10] A ratio of 5:1 theophylline to ephedrine is usually used in combinations of the drugs. [11] Later research found that the combination was no more effective for asthma than theophylline alone but produced more side effects. [9] [1] [12] [7]

  5. Anti-allergic agent - Wikipedia

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    Anti-allergic agents have existed since 3000 B.C in countries such as China and Egypt. It was not until 1933 when antihistamines, the first type of anti-allergic agents, were developed. [ 1 ] Common allergic diseases include allergic rhinitis , allergic asthma and atopic dermatitis with varying symptoms, including runny nose , watery eyes ...

  6. Anti-asthmatic agents - Wikipedia

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    Anti-asthmatic agents, also known as anti-asthma drugs, refer to drugs 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 and ...

  7. Bronchodilator - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, some psychostimulant drugs that have an amphetamine like mode of action, such as amphetamine, [6] methamphetamine, and cocaine, [7] have bronchodilating effects and were used often for asthma due to the lack of effective β 2-adrenergic agonists for use as bronchodilator, but are now rarely, if ever, used medically for their ...

  8. Cromoglicic acid - Wikipedia

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    This drug prevents the release of inflammatory chemicals such as histamine from mast cells. It is considered a breakthrough drug in management of asthma, as the patients can be freed from steroids in many cases; however, it is mainly effective as a prophylaxis for allergic and exercise-induced asthma, not as a treatment for acute asthma attacks.

  9. Zafirlukast - Wikipedia

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    Zafirlukast is FDA-approved for the prevention and treatment of asthma in adults and children older than 5 years old. [1] Like other leukotriene receptor antagonists, zafirlukast is thought to be useful for the long-term treatment of asthma, but it is generally less effective than inhaled glucocorticoids as monotherapy (which are the standard of care) or long-acting beta-2 agonists in ...