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ArticleJournal of asthma and allergy2017

The US Food and Drug Administration's drug safety recommendations and long-acting beta2-agonist dispensing pattern changes in adult asthma patients: 2003-2012.

Esther H Zhou, Sally Seymour, Margie R Goulding, Elizabeth M Kang, Jacqueline M Major, Solomon Iyasu

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Article in Journal of asthma and allergy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The impact of FDA regulatory activities on incident dispensing of LABA-containing medication: 2005-2011.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2018
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Esther H ZhouDivision of Epidemiology, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.
Sally SeymourOffice of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Margie R GouldingDivision of Epidemiology, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.
Elizabeth M KangDivision of Epidemiology, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.
Jacqueline M MajorDivision of Epidemiology, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.
Solomon IyasuDivision of Epidemiology, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.
Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services · USUnited States Food and Drug Administration · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEmerging safety issues associated with long-acting beta

methodsWe examined the initiation of LABA-containing products for adult asthma treatment using an intermittent time series approach in a claims database from 2003 to 2012. We assessed the alignment of dispensing patterns with the following 2010 FDA recommendations: 1) contraindicated use of single-ingredient (SI)-LABA without an asthma controller medication (ACM); 2) a LABA should only be used when asthma is not adequately controlled on inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) or ACM; and 3) step-down asthma therapy (e.g., discontinue LABA) when asthma control is achieved.

resultsThere were 477,922 adults (18-64 years old) dispensed a new LABA during 2003-2012. Among LABA initiators, patients who initiated an SI-LABA and who did "not" have an ACM dispensed on the same date decreased from >9% in 2003 (the initial labeling change) to <2% post 2010 DSCs (

conclusionAlthough the decrease in SI-LABA initiation is consistent with FDA's recommendations, low ICS dispensing before initiating a LABA and LABA continuation practices require further efforts to move toward the recommended safe practices.

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dispensing patternLABAregulatory activitiesUS FDA

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