Patient compliance with inhaled medication: Does combining beta-agonists with corticosteroids improve compliance?
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Patient compliance with inhaled medication: does combining beta-agonists with corticosteroids improve compliance?
Patient compliance with an inhaled corticosteroid may be greater if it is combined with a beta-agonist. This study compared compliance with an inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide), and a short-acting inhaled beta-agonist (terbutaline sulphate), and a Turbuhaler inhaler containing a combination of the two drugs. In an open, multicentre, parallel group study 102 asthmatic patients were randomly di...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.94.07081554