Safety of long-acting β-agonists in asthma
- 1Emergency Department, Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas, Montevideo, Uruguay
- 2School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
- Correspondence to Dr Gustavo J Rodrigo, Emergency Department, Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas, Uruguay, Av. 8 de Octubre 3020, Montevideo 11300, Uruguay; gurodrig{at}adinet.com.uy
- Accepted 13 April 2012
- Published Online First 10 May 2012
- Asthma
- asthma guidelines
- asthma pharmacology
- asthma epidemiology
- asthma in primary care
- bronchiectasis
- empyema
- paediatric asthma
- paediatric lung disease
The study by Wolfe et al1 certainly does not support our claim that serious asthma exacerbations are more frequent in patients receiving formoterol 24 μg twice daily than in those receiving …








