Montelukast: A review of its therapeutic potential in persistent asthma

Drugs

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 891-928

  Jarvis, Blair ^a   Markham, Anthony ^b  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; DIGOXIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; FEXOFENADINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LORATADINE; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRANLUKAST; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; TERFENADINE; THEOPHYLLINE; WARFARIN; ZILEUTON;

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EOSINOPHIL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0034010246     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200059040-00015     Document Type: Review

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