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Efficacy of anticholinergic drugs in asthma.
Expert review of respiratory medicine - 1 Jun 2012
Novelli Federica, Malagrinò Laura, Dente Federico L, Paggiaro Pierluigi
Abstract excerpt
Although bronchial hyperresponsiveness to cholinergic agents is a main feature of asthma, the role of anticholinergic drugs in chronic asthma management has been largely underestimated. Several single-dose studies comparing acute bronchodilation induced by ipratropium bromide with salbutamol have shown that salbutamol was more effective than ipratropium in asthma treatment. Recently, tiotropium has been studied...
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