Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2002)

Faster Onset of Bronchodilation with Formoterol than with Salmeterol in Patients with Stable, Moderate-Severe Copd: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study

  • John Kottakis,
  • Giovanni Della Cioppa,
  • Jacques Creemers,
  • Louis Greefhorst,
  • Violette Leclerc,
  • Riccardo Pistelli,
  • Tim Overend,
  • Denise Till,
  • Günter Rapatz,
  • Vincent LeGros,
  • Demosthenes Bouros,
  • Nikolaos Siafakas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/604092
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 107 – 115

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To compare the onset and magnitude of bronchodilation after dry powder inhalations of formoterol fumarate (Foradil Aerolizer) versus salmeterol xinofoate (Serevent Diskus) with respect to normalized (*) forced expiratory volume in 1 s area under the curve 0 to 1 h after inhalation (FEV1 AUC*0-1 h).