Does Levalbuterol (Xopenex®) Live Up to the Hype?

2008-09-02
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Does Levalbuterol (Xopenex®) Live Up to the Hype?

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2008-09-02

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Asthma, in general, is a respiratory disorder that affects millions of Americans each year. Reasonably priced, effective treatments have been developed by several pharmacological companies designed to treat this condition by various mechanisms. Levalbuterol has recently been developed and marketed as a direct beta2 agonist with improved efficacy in symptom relief as well as an improved side effect profile. A direct superiority study comparing side effect profiles of both racemic albuterol and levalbuterol concluded that no significant improvement was noticed with respect to side effect profiles between the two medications.

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Voge, Dylan. (2008). Does Levalbuterol (Xopenex®) Live Up to the Hype?. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/42846.

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