[Nocturnal asthma. Causes and treatment].
Nocturnal asthma usually occurs between 4 AM and 8 AM, and is experienced by 75% of asthmatics. This "early morning dip" is the joint result of several circadian rhythms, and fading effect of medication administered at bedtime. Successful therapy of nocturnal asthma depends on optimal control of daytime symptoms. Effective therapy may be a high dose of an oral sustained release theophylline preparation or a beta-2 agonist. Recently developed long-acting beta-2 agonists for inhalation appear to be promising.
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D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans
Nattlig astma. Arsaker og behandling.