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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 ...
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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.
Download as PDF; Printable version ... of leukotrienes is a major cause of inflammation in asthma, ... inhibitors include the pharmaceutical drugs meclofenamate ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tezepelumab, sold under the brand name Tezspire, is a human monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of asthma. [5] [7] [8] [9] Tezepelumab blocks thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), [5] an epithelial cytokine that has been suggested to be critical in the initiation and persistence of airway inflammation.
Terbutaline, sold under the brand names Bricanyl and Marex among others, is a β 2 adrenergic receptor agonist, used as a "reliever" inhaler in the management of asthma symptoms and as a tocolytic (anti-contraction medication) to delay preterm labor for up to 48 hours.