title: Asthma and athletes: therapy to compete.
abstract: Asthma presents special challenges to both the athletes who have it and to their health care providers. This article briefly reviews the problem of asthma--especially exercise-induced asthma--in the competitive athlete, and then describes treatments that are effective in controlling asthma. Drug-doping regulations are explained, as is the worldwide impact of drug doping on competitive athletes who have asthma. This review concludes with recommendations for competitive athletes and their health care providers regarding how to deal with asthma in this patient population.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa and CompleWare Corporation, Iowa City, IA, USA. jweiler@compleware.com
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weiler
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malloy
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000188:drug therapy; D004300:Doping in Sports; D006801:Humans; D013177:Sports; D013178:Sports Medicine
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents