The efficiency of chronic treatment with beclometasone dipropionate in patients with bronchial asthma
Abstract
The efficiency of chronic treatment with beclometasone dipropionate was assessed in 10 asthmatic subjects aged 20—45 years in stable condition. Beclometasone dipropionate — Becotide (GlaxoWellcome, England) was inhaled in a dose of 400 meg daily during 11 weeks.
Regular treatment with beclometasone dipropionate in asthmatic patients showed the significant benefit of lung function parameters and reduced airway responsiveness (log PC20 to histamine increased by 1.96 mgxm-1, beclometasone dipropionate caused a mean 49-fold increase in PC20 to histamine).
Chronic treatment with beclometasone dipropionate in asthmatic patients is highly effective in clinical practice.
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A. V. Cherniak
НИИ пульмонологии М3 РФ
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
G. M. Sakharova
НИИ пульмонологии М3 РФ
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. G. Chuchalin
НИИ пульмонологии М3 РФ
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Cherniak A.V., Sakharova G.M., Chuchalin A.G. The efficiency of chronic treatment with beclometasone dipropionate in patients with bronchial asthma. PULMONOLOGIYA. 1998;(3):77-80. (In Russ.)
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