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Drug Treatment of Airway Inflammation in Asthma
Author(s) -
Blake Kathryn V.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pharmacotherapy: the journal of human pharmacology and drug therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.227
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1875-9114
pISSN - 0277-0008
DOI - 10.1592/phco.21.4.3s.34265
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , theophylline , drug , cromolyn sodium , inflammation , airway , immunology , pharmacology , anesthesia
Several methods are available for assessing drug effects on airway inflammation and the antiinflammatory effects of drugs for asthma. Cromolyn and theophylline are well‐established drugs for the treatment of asthma, and each has antiinflammatory properties. Drugs in development include those aimed at inhibiting inflammatory mediators and immunoglobulin E function; clinical studies, however, have been conducted largely in patients with moderate to severe asthma.