Advances in combination therapy for asthma and COPD /

• Other Authors: Lötvall, Jan, Busse, W. W. (William W.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Subjects: Lungs > Diseases, Obstructive > Chemotherapy.; Asthma > Chemotherapy.; Polypharmacy.; Chemotherapy, Combination.; Asthma > drug therapy.; Drug Therapy, Combination.; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive > drug therapy.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Respiratory.; MEDICAL > Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Similarities and differences in the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD / Christian Virchow
• Glucocorticoids : pharmacology and mechanisms / Peter Barnes
• Inhaled corticosteroids? clinical effects in asthma and COPD / Paul O'Byrne
• LABAS : pharmacology, mechanisms and interaction with anti-inflammatory treatments / Gary Anderson
• Long and ultra-long acting beta-2-agonists / Mario Cazzola
• The safety of long-acting beta agonists and the development of combination therapies for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / Eugene Bleecker
• Inhaled combination therapy with glucocorticoids and long-acting beta-2-agonists in asthma and COPD, current and future perspectives / Jan Lotvall
• Novel anti-inflammatory treatments for asthma and COPD / Ian Adcock
• Novel biologicals alone and in combination in asthma and allergy / William Busse
• Anti-infective treatments in asthma and COPD / Jonathan D.R. Macintyre & Sebastian L. Johnston
• Long acting muscarinic antagonists in asthma and COPD / Denis O'Donnell
• Phosphodiesterase inhibitors in obstructive lung disease / Jan Lotvall
• Biological therapies in development for COPD / Riccardo Polosa
• Triple therapy?, in the management of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). The value of combination treatment with inhaled steroid, long acting anticholinergicbronchodilator and long acting beta 2 agonist bronchodilator in COPD / Ronald Dahl.