30 min onset, 5 hr duration
Inhaler
Beta 2 Receptor Agonists (Long-Acting) - ✔️✔️-Preferred adjunctive therapy in combination
with inhaled corticosteroids
-Black Box Warning: used alone increases risk of asthma related death; increased asthma-
related deaths with salmeterol
-Indicated for long term control of asthma
LABA Combinations - ✔️✔️Salmeterol + Fluticasone
Formoterol + Budesonide
Formoterol + Mometasone
Salmeterol - ✔️✔️Generic available
$181/mo
2 hr onset, 12 hr duration
Inhaled aerosol powder
More clinical evidence
Formoterol - ✔️✔️No Generic
$176/mo
2 hr onset, 12 hr duration
Capsule + Nebulizer
Inhaled Corticosteroids (ICS) - ✔️✔️*Direct local anti-inflammatory activity
-reduce airway hyperresponsiveness
-inhibit inflammatory cell migration and activation
*Most Effective long-term control medication
*Reduce impairment and risk of exacerbations
ICS Delivery - ✔️✔️*Lung Delivery
-delivery devices
-patient technique
*Systemic Availability
-systemic adverse effects
-? decreased growth velocity
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