Effect of carbocysteine on cough reflex to capsaicin in asthmatic patients

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 504-510

  Ishiura, Yoshihisa ^a,c   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Yamamori, Chihiro ^b   Nobata, Kouichi ^b   Myou, Shigeharu ^b   Kurashima, Kazuyoshi ^b   Michishita, Yasukatsu ^a   Takegoshi, Tadayoshi ^a  

^a Wajima Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b Pulmonary Medicine   (Japan)

^c TOYAMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway cough sensitivity; Bronchial asthma; Capsaicin; Carbocysteine; Neutral endopeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMBROXOL; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARBOCISTEINE; PROCATEROL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CAPSAICIN; CARBOCYSTEINE; COUGH; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0038804168     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2003.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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