This includes steroid-containing combinations and long-acting bronchodilators ... and failed to show superiority to the older drugs in head-to-head trials. Novartis, by contrast, can claim ...

Cholinergic drugs (acetylcholine and methacholine ... Tiotropium, the first-choice long-acting bronchodilator in COPD, has been studied in severe asthmatics and in COPD patients with a history ...

Severe asthma does not respond well to regular asthma treatments, such as inhaled corticosteroids and inhaled bronchodilator ... and long-acting beta-2 agonists or other controller medications ...

Asthma is a chronic (long-term ... It's also called a bronchodilator. Bronchodilators are medications that help open your ...

Pre-bronchodilator FEV 1 % predicted. ‡ Placebo+ refers to placebo with the addition of all regularly prescribed respiratory medications ... not receiving long-acting β-agonist or inhaled ...