Dose counter performance of mometasone furoate/formoterol inhalers in subjects with asthma or COPD

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 979-988

  Weinstein, Cindy ^a   Staudinger, Heribert ^a   Scott, Ian ^b   Amar, Niran J ^c   Laforce, Craig ^d  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b I Tech Inc   (United States)

^c Allergy and Asthma Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Asthma; Dose counter; Dulera; Inhaler; Mometasone furoate formoterol

Indexed keywords

FORMOTEROL; MOMETASONE FUROATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; METERED DOSE INHALERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNADIENEDIOLS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957528899     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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