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Asthma Clinical criteria: The condition must be stable for the prescriber to consider the listed maximum quantity of this medicine suitable for this patient, AND Patient must experience frequent episodes of the condition, AND Patient must be currently receiving treatment with oral corticosteroids; OR Patient must be currently receiving treatment with optimal doses of inhaled corticosteroids.
“Formoterol belongs to a new class of potent, long-acting, selective β2-adrenoceptor agonists. It exerts a bronchodilator effect in patients with reversible airways obstruction.”
“On the basis of plasma or blood concentrations up to 6, 8 or 12 hours after oral administration, an elimination half-life of about 2 to 3 hours was determined. From urinary excretion rates between 3 and 16 hours after inhalation, a half-life of about 5 hours was calculated.”
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