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1682113

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
Beta-adrenoceptor agonists such as albuterol are very effective in preventing exercise-induced asthma (EIA) when they are given as an aerosol immediately before exercise. However, their duration of protection against EIA is usually less than 2 h. This may be due partly to their rapid clearance from the airways. Salmeterol is a highly lipophylic compound that is thought to bind to an exoreceptor near the beta-receptor. The objective of this study was to compare the protective effect of salmeterol with albuterol against EIA. Exercise was performed 0.5, 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5 hours after administration of the active drugs. Subjects attended the laboratory on four days within six weeks and cycled for 8 min breathing dry compressed air. We studied 17 asthmatic subjects (aged 19 to 49 years) with moderate to severe EIA. Salmeterol (50 micrograms) or albuterol (200 micrograms) was given from a metered dose inhaler via a spacer (Volumatic). On the control day, the mean work load +/- 1 SD was 174 +/- 47 W, ventilation (VE) was 77.9 percent +/- 11.2 percent of the target ventilation (60 percent maximum voluntary ventilation [MVV]), and heart rate was 170 +/- 14 beats per minute. This intensity was maintained for all tests. FEV1 was measured before and after exercise and was expressed as percent predicted and as percentage of the preexercise value (percentage of fall). Thirty minutes after treatment, both drugs were effective in inhibiting EIA--percentage of fall in FEV1, 17 +/- 12 after salmeterol; percentage of fall in FEV1, 15 +/- 15 after albuterol. At 2.5, 4.5, and 6.5 hours, the reduction in FEV1 was significantly less (p less than 0.01) after salmeterol compared with albuterol. At 6.5 hours, the percentage of fall in FEV1 was 20 +/- 10 after salmeterol and 36 +/- 12 after albuterol. Salmeterol also had a more prolonged action as a bronchodilator and values for FEV1 were significantly higher compared with those on albuterol at 4.5 and 6.5 hours. At 6.5 hours, the FEV1 percent predicted was 96 +/- 10 after salmeterol and 84 +/- 12 after albuterol (p less than 0.01). We conclude that the extent of protection against EIA and the bronchodilation induced by both drugs was similar, but that salmeterol has a longer duration of action compared with albuterol. The reason for its superior duration of action may be due to a slower clearance of the drug from the airways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1254-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Duration of protection by inhaled salmeterol in exercise-induced asthma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study