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Small Airways, Big Problem: Extrafine beclomethasone/formoterol in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- Dry Powder Inhaler of Sustained-Release Microspheres Containing Glycyrrhizin: Factorial Design and Optimization.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2026Article
- Real-World Effectiveness and Safety of Single Inhaler Triple Therapy with Beclometasone/ Formoterol/ Glycopyrronium in Moderate to Severe Asthma: TriMaximize Study.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2026Article
- Impulse oscillometry in patients with persistent post-COVID-19 symptoms: A retrospective study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Impulse Oscillometry, Small Airways Disease, and Extra-Fine Formulations in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Windows for New Opportunities.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2022Review
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Abstract
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common chronic respiratory diseases characterized by an inflammatory process that extends from the central to peripheral airways. Conventional pressurized metered-dose inhalers and most dry-powder inhalers emit drug particles too large to target the small airways effectively. Advancements in drug formulation have given rise to a new generation of inhalers that can generate aerosols with extrafine drug particles that leads to more effective aerosol penetration into the lung periphery. An extrafine formulation of inhaled beclomethasone/formoterol (BDP-FF) with enhanced lung deposition is now available. This document reviews the various real-world and controlled studies that have evaluated the efficacy of extrafine BDP-FF in asthma and COPD.
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