Abstract

ZAPATA MARTINEZ, Alicia  and  VERGEL RIVERA, Germán. Aspectos farmacológicos de la terapéutica del paciente asmático. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 1998, vol.14, n.6, pp. 628-632. ISSN 1561-3038.

Bronchial asthma is an important health problem in primary health care. It is known that an adequate treatment of the disease helps to improve the quality of life of these patients. The main pharmacological aspects (actions, indications, side effects, administration and dosage) of the 2 most used groups of drugs in the therapeutics of the disease that are: the bronchodilators (salbutamol, theophylline, and ipratropium bromide), and the antiinflammatory drugs (disodium cromoglycate and glucocorticoids) are reviewed.

Keywords : ASTHMA [chemiotherapy]; QUALITY OF LIFE; ALBUTEROL [therapeutic use]; THEOPHYLLINE [therapeutic use]; N-ISOPROPYLATROPINE [therapeutic use]; DISODIUM CROMOGLYCATE [therapeutic use]; GLUCOCORTICOIDS [therapeutic use].

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