Pretreatment of exercise-induced asthma by fenoterol delivered as inhalation powder and pressurized aerosol.
Fifteen adult asthmatics with reproducible exercise-induced asthma were included in a randomized double-blind, crossover study to compare the prophylactic effect of fenoterol (Berotec as inhalation powder to fenoterol from an aerosol inhaler. The compound was found equally given as an inhalation powder or as an aerosol.
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005280:Fenoterol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D011208:Powders; D013997:Time Factors
D000336:Aerosols; D004983:Ethanolamines; D011208:Powders; D005280:Fenoterol