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Open AccessEfficacy of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy compared with higher-dose budesonide as step-up from low-dose inhaled corticosteroid treatment
Asthma management may involve a step up in treatment when symptoms are not well controlled. We examined whether budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy (MRT) is as effective as higher, fixed-dos...
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Mechanisms and Management of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
The term “exercise-induced asthma” has been used to describe the transient narrowing of the airways and the subsequent increase in airway resistance, which can occur during, though more commonly following, vig...
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Future Trends in the Use of Corticosteroids in Asthma
Corticosteroids have been used to treat a variety of airway diseases since the early 1950s, following an initial study of Carryer et al. [1], who reported the benefits of oral cortisone on ragweed pollen-induc...