Benefit-risk assessment of antileukotrienes in the management of asthma

Drug Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 483-518

  García Marcos, Luis ^a,d   Schuster, Antje ^b   Pérez Yarza, Eduardo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^d Unidad de Investigación   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROPEROXY 6,8,11,14 ICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HISTAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE; LEUKOTRIENE A4; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LEUKOTRIENE D4; LEUKOTRIENE E4; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLACEBO; PRANLUKAST; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE; ZAFIRLUKAST; ZILEUTON;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTHENIA; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTRITIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PLACEBOS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037564370     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200326070-00004     Document Type: Review

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