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- initialism Long Acting Beta-adrenoceptor Agonist, drug class used in the treatment of
respiratory diseases .
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Examples
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The new asthma drug, an inhaled long-acting beta agonist known as LABA 444, showed an increase in lung function in patients suffering from moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the company said.
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* combining bronchodilator (PDE 3) and anti-inflammatory actions (PDE 4) in a single drug, something that is currently achieved with a combination long acting beta agonist ( "LABA") plus a glucocorticosteroid in an inhaler;
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In one study, conducted at Vivra and elsewhere, more than 40 percent of people on Singulair and salmeterol the LABA in Advair had adverse events, two withdrew with -- anybody?
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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But at FDA hearings three years later, David Graham, M.D., an FDA official, said LABA "benefits, if any, seemed to be small compared to placebo."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Of course, LABA promoters are furious about the warning that LABAs should not be used long term.
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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LABA defenders even said the SMART results couldn't be trusted because the trial was stopped early.
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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In one study, conducted at Vivra and elsewhere, more than 40 percent of people on Singulair and salmeterol the LABA in Advair had adverse events, two withdrew with -- anybody?
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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At FDA hearings after SMART, Pharma doctors tried to spin the results by saying the patients had been sicker to begin with, that they were too slow to seek medical care and that their self-reports of LABA use couldn't be trusted because patients lie.
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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No wonder federal guidelines extol the "established beneficial effects of LABA for the great majority of patients who require more therapy than low-dose ICS alone to control asthma," and call LABAs a "preferred option" that "improves lung function, decreases symptoms and reduces exacerbations!"
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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"But nobody has shown that the decline has anything to do with LABA use."
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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