Journal article
Effect of Inhaled Formoterol and Budesonide on Exacerbations of Asthma
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The role of long-acting, inhaled beta2-agonists in treating asthma is uncertain. In a double-blind study, we evaluated the effects of adding inhaled formoterol to both lower and higher doses of the inhaled glucocorticoid budesonide.
METHODS: After a four-week run-in period of treatment with budesonide (800 microg twice daily), 852 patients being treated with glucocorticoids were randomly assigned to one of four treatments given …
Authors
Pauwels RA; Löfdahl C-G; Postma DS; Tattersfield AE; O'Byrne P; Barnes PJ; Ullman A
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 337, No. 20, pp. 1405–1411
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
November 13, 1997
DOI
10.1056/nejm199711133372001
ISSN
0028-4793