Conference
The effects of inhaled budesonide and formoterol in combination and alone when given directly after allergen challenge
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The use of combination inhaled budesonide and formoterol as maintenance and reliever therapy significantly improves the risk and the time to exacerbations in asthma.
OBJECTIVES: To explore the mechanisms underlying the effect of the reliever dose on exacerbations by examining the effect of combination therapy on the allergen challenge model when given after allergen exposure.
Authors
Duong M; Gauvreau G; Watson R; Obminski G; Strinich T; Evans M; Howie K; Killian K; O'Byrne PM
Volume
119
Pagination
pp. 322-327
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.jaci.2006.10.018
Conference proceedings
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Issue
2
ISSN
0091-6749