RT Book, Section
A1 Trevor, Anthony J.
A1 Katzung, Bertram G.
A1 Kruidering-Hall, Marieke M.
A1 Masters, Susan B.
SR Print(0)
ID 56981550
T1 Chapter 20. Drugs Used in Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
T2 Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology: Examination & Board Review, 10e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178923-3
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56981550
RD 2024/04/19
AB Asthma  is  a  disease  characterized  by  airway  inflammation  and  episodic,  reversible  bronchospasm.  Drugs  useful  in  asthma  include  bronchodilators  (smooth  muscle  relaxants)  and  anti-inflammatory  drugs.  Bronchodilators  include  sympathomimetics,  especially  β2-selective  agonists,  muscarinic  antagonists,  methylxanthines,  and  leukotriene  receptor  blockers.  Anti-inflammatory  drugs  used  in  asthma  include  corticosteroids,  mast  cell  stabilizers,  and  an  anti-IgE  antibody.  Leukotriene  antagonists  play  a  dual  role.  Chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease  (COPD)  is  characterized  by  airflow  limitation  that  is  less  reversible  than  in  asthma  and  by  a  progressive  course.  However,  many  of  the  same  drugs  are  used.