Asthma Management

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Long Acting Beta Agonists (LABA) (salmeterol or formoterol)
  • Multiple studies have been done
    • A study researching salmeterol (Nelson et al. 2006) showed an increase in asthma related deaths compared to placebo [14]
    • In a 28-week trial, there were 13 deaths out of 13,176 versus 3 out of 13,176 on the placebo.
    • An increased number of severe asthma reactions (Mann et al. 2003) on high doses of formoterol were submitted to the FDA [15]
    • These trials caused the FDA to add a warning on all LABA medications
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