Sandra Anderson, Paul Atkins, Per Bäckman, David Cipolla, Andrew Clark, Evangelia Daviskas, Bernd Disse, Plamena Entcheva-Dimitrov, Rick Fuller, Igor Gonda, Hans Lundbäck, Bo Olsson, Jeffry Weers
The purpose of this review is to summarize essential pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and clinical aspects in the field of orally inhaled therapies that may help scientists seeking to develop new products. After general comments on the rationale for inhaled therapies for respiratory disease, the focus is on products approved approximately over the last half a century. The organization of these sections reflects the key pharmacological categories. Products for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease include β -2 receptor agonists, muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists, glucocorticosteroids, and cromones as well as their combinations...
January 2022: Pharmacological Reviews