Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug that reduces the inflammatory response by acting as a leukotriene receptor antagonist, and is used to treat the signs and symptoms of asthma.
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- noun A
leukotriene receptor antagonist used to treatasthma and allergies.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Reviewers even write that one study, "demonstrates that it is better to leave patients on beclomethasone [Qvar] than to switch them to montelukast [Singulair]."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Reviewers even write that one study, "demonstrates that it is better to leave patients on beclomethasone [Qvar] than to switch them to montelukast [Singulair]."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Reviewers even write that one study, "demonstrates that it is better to leave patients on beclomethasone [Qvar] than to switch them to montelukast [Singulair]."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Five patients were withdrawn from the study because of a clinical adverse event (four in the salmeterol group and one in the montelukast group).
Was Asthma Clinical Research Study Subject ���Ghosted���? 2009
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Soon after publication of this pharma-funded and likely ghost written study, Eric P. Brestel, M.D. of Greenville, NC wrote a Letter to the Editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine to express his concerns about the Edelman, et al study comparing montelukast with salmeterol in the long-term treatment of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.
Was Asthma Clinical Research Study Subject ���Ghosted���? 2009
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Most people do not exercise more than once daily, and one or two inhalations of a short-acting beta-agonist is effective at a fraction of the cost of salmeterol and montelukast.
Was Asthma Clinical Research Study Subject ���Ghosted���? 2009
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A fifth drug, Singulair (montelukast), is currently under an FDA safety investigation.
Free drug samples at the pediatrician’s office: Just say no 2008
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The FDA recently reported that it is investigating whether the asthma medication, Singulair (montelukast), is associated with an increased risk of suicide.
Doug Bremner: If Prescription Meds Don't Kill You They Might Drive You Crazy 2008
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A fifth drug, Singulair montelukast, is currently under an FDA safety investigation.
Free drug samples at the pediatrician’s office: Just say no 2008
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A fifth drug, Singulair (montelukast), is currently under an FDA safety investigation.
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