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Evidence grows for single inhaler in asthma.

Australian Doctor,  September, 2006  

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By Rebecca Jenkins

A COMBINED maintenance and reliever regimen in a single inhaler can provide greater protection against severe asthma exacerbations than fixed-dose therapy plus a reliever and uses lower total medication doses, research suggests.

The AstraZeneca-sponsored trial, presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Munich, is the latest in a series that have increased support for a move towards single inhaler therapy (CyMore evidence for a single puffer in asthma, Australian Doctor, 1 September).

The trial showed using budesonide-eformoterol for ...

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