Control of Asthma by Aerosols

Authors:
  • MNMichael T. Newhouse
    Michael T. Newhouse
  • MDMyrna B. Dolovich
    Myrna B. Dolovich
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Abstract
PHYSICIANS have been intrigued with the idea of inhalation therapy for more than a century, since patients were advised to smoke cigarettes containing anticholinergic botanicals such as Datura stramonium to obtain relief from asthma attacks.1 The use of aerosols to treat asthma allows an almost ideal therapeutic ratio to be achieved, since minute doses of inhaled medication provide optimal maintenance therapy with minimal side effects.2 3 4 5 6 In severe acute asthma, sympathomimetic bronchodilator aerosols are superior to systemic therapy with the same agents.7 , 8 In chronic asthma, adrenoceptor-agonist aerosols provide greater and more rapid bronchodilatation and are also more effective in preventing airway . . .

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