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Concomitant occasional use of salbutamol influences bronchoprotective responsiveness afforded by formoterol in patients with the glycine-16 genotype.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jan 2004
Sims Erika J, Lipworth Brian J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Predisposition to subsensitivity with long-acting beta(2)-agonists (LABA) or regular short-acting beta(2)-agonists (SABA) is related to polymorphisms at codon 16 of the beta(2)-adrenoceptor. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the use of occasional SABA induces further baseline downregulation of the beta(2)-adrenoceptor to that of endogenous catecholamines alone, in Gly-16 patients. METHODS: A post-hoc...
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