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Serevent plus Flovent may reduce hospital visits
Combining the asthma treatment Serevent with the inhaled corticosteroid Flovent may reduce the risk of asthma hospitalization, researchers say. In a recent trial, patients who were treated with the Serevent, Flovent combination--either using the drug Advair which combines both drugs, or with a dose of each drug separately--were half as likely to have worsening asthma symptoms as those treated with Flovent alone. Patients using the combined treatment also had fewer hospital visits.
(MedPage Today) UPDATED 11/12/2006Click here to read the full story
Conditions: | asthma - 268 Articles Treatments: | Advair - 56 Articles | Flovent - 24 Articles | Serevent - 12 Articles
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