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Aimed at specialists in respiratory medicine, this new book comprehensively reviews the variety of agents currently available for treatment of asthma, COPD, and other airway diseases and covers practical guidelines as well as challenges and complications in their use. Advances in Combination Therapy for Asthma and COPD is the first book to address the complexity of multi-agent therapy and deal with management issues in an integrated fashion. A review of currently available agents and their applications, as well as new therapies soon to become available are outlined. Advantages of combined therapies and additional considerations that arise from multi-agent programs are highlighted.
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Advances in Combination Therapy for Asthma and COPD is a comprehensive review of the spectrum of agents currently available for treatment of asthma, COPD and other airway diseases and covers practical guidelines as well as challenges and complications in their useThis volume provides specialists in respiratory medicine the most up to date information on the agents and discusses how they might be deployed in combination. Possible complications of combination therapy are explored, including unforeseen drug interactions and adverse patient reactions. This valuable reference discusses the complexity of determining correct dosages when the possibility of a synergistic cross-reaction between the drugs may mean that the effect of the drugs prescribed could be enhanced when administered in combination, compared with when they are prescribed alonePostgraduate and professional specialist physicians in pulmonology and allergy and workers in biomedical and pharmaceutical research can depend on this carefully crafted guide for authoritative information
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