Adherence to treatment by patients with asthma or COPD: Comparison between inhaled drugs and transdermal patch

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1895-1902

  Tamura, Gen ^a   Ohta, Ken ^b  

^a Airway Institute in Sendai   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Inhalants; Transdermal preparation; Treatment compliance

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; TULOBUTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POWDER INHALER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547398625     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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