Antileukotrienes and asthma: Alternative or adjunct to inhaled steroids?

Mani S. Kavuru; Revathi Subramony; Ana R. Vann

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Antileukotrienes and asthma: Alternative or adjunct to inhaled steroids?

Mani S. Kavuru, MD, Revathi Subramony, RPH and Ana R. Vann, PharmD

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 1998, 65 (10) 519-526;

Donald G. Vidt

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Mani S. Kavuru

Director; Pulmonary Fundion Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

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Revathi Subramony

Staff Pharmacist, Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland

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Ana R. Vann

Drug Information Clinical Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Cleveland Clinic

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ABSTRACT

Antileukotriene agents may be reasonable and safe alternatives or adjuncts to inhaled steroid therapy in chronic asthma, as they act at sites further down in the inflammatory cascade. This article reviews the clinical experience with three antileukotriene agents and discusses their role in the management of asthma.

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