title: Asthma and the use of CNS depressants: gender differences.
abstract: A retrospective 5-year random sample of 196 charts of patients with asthma was obtained from two hospital-based outpatient clinics. The chart reviews showed that age- and severity-matched males and females with asthma were prescribed antihistamines in similar proportions; however, 16.8% of the females were prescribed a tranquilizer or sedative compared with 8.5% of the males. The females (8.7%) also were prescribed a combination of these drugs, or two tranquilizers; none of the males were prescribed more than one CNS depressant. Results showed that, in this study, females were prescribed CNS depressants three times as often as males.
authors.affiliation: Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Inc., CN 2350.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hindi-Alexander
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Opila
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Bullough
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Nicolich
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents