Arshad Javaid.
Asthma management - Where do we stand today & what is in the pipeline?.
Pak J Chest Med Jan ;10(2):18-5.

Let us see where do we stand today as far as the treatment of asthma is concerned? Treatment of asthma patients today bears little resemblance to how they were managed 50 years age. During this period we have moved from non-selective adrenaline - based bronchodilators taken orally and by rather inefficient inhalation devices to a battery of symptomatic and preventive treatments in user-friendly inhalers. Indeed the concept of control of asthma has only been recognized over the last decade. Changes in management of asthma have happened as a result of key advances in understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of this disease. This is a review article.

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