new combo bronchodilator and corticosteroid inhaler called Symbicort
March 2002
You'll see asthma patients getting the new combo bronchodilator and corticosteroid inhaler called Symbicort...from AstraZeneca.
It contains formoterol, the same long-acting beta-agonist in Oxeze...and budesonide, the same corticosteroid in Pulmicort.
Symbicort is the second such combo inhaler to hit the market...following Advair (salmeterol-fluticasone).
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