Asthma pill ‘as effective as inhaler’ finds drug study – BBC News


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Asthma pill 'as effective as inhaler' finds drug study
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Drug research at a Norfolk university has found the asthma pill to be "as effective" as the inhaler. The University of East Anglia's study on 650 local patients, aged 12 to 80, found 80% could take the more user-friendly pill instead.
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Straits Times

Pills may be as effective as inhalers for asthma
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A rarely described pill for asthma is easier to use and just as effective as conventional inhaler treatments, according to a new study. British researchers with the University of East Anglia followed 650 patients with chronic asthma for two years and
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Study: Pills as Effective as Inhalers for Asthma – WebMD


Daily Mail

Study: Pills as Effective as Inhalers for Asthma
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May 4, 2011 — The drugs Singulair and Accolate proved to be just as effective as steroid inhalers for the prevention of asthma symptoms with better patient compliance in two new studies published in this week's New England Journal of
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Written plans effective for asthma control – UPI.com

Written plans effective for asthma control
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MONTREAL, March 26 (UPI) — Researchers in Canada say two written action plans — one for after seeing the doctor and one for after hospital treatment — control asthma in children. Dr. Francine Ducharme of the University of Montreal's Department of
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Combination therapy effective for asthma rescue – Clinical Advisor


Washington University Record

Combination therapy effective for asthma rescue
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"Inhaled corticosteroids as rescue medication with albuterol might be an effective step-down strategy for children with well controlled mild asthma because it is more effective at reducing exacerbations than is use of rescue albuterol alone," Fernando
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Inhaled corticosteroids effective as rescue medication for asthma – PhysOrg.com


MedIndia

Inhaled corticosteroids effective as rescue medication for asthma
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Inhaled corticosteroids, currently recommended as a daily controller medication, can also be an effective rescue treatment for asthma when combined with the standard rescue medication albuterol, according to research at National Jewish Health and other
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