Time trends of period prevalence rates of patients with inhaled long-acting beta-2-agonists-containing prescriptions: a European comparative database study.

Time trends of period prevalence rates of patients with inhaled long-acting beta-2-agonists-containing prescriptions: a European comparative database study.

BACKGROUND:Inhaled, long-acting beta-2-adrenoceptor agonists (LABA) have well-established roles in asthma and/or COPD treatment. Drug utilisation patterns for LABA have been described, but few studies have directly compared LABA use in different countries. We aimed to compare the prevalence of LABA-...

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Main Authors: Marietta Rottenkolber, Eef Voogd, Liset van Dijk, Paola Primatesta, Claudia Becker, Raymond Schlienger, Mark C H de Groot, Yolanda Alvarez, Julie Durand, Jim Slattery, Ana Afonso, Gema Requena, Miguel Gil, Arturo Alvarez, Ulrik Hesse, Roman Gerlach, Joerg Hasford, Rainald Fischer, Olaf H Klungel, Sven Schmiedl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117628

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