Abstract

Single-entity sympathomimetic bronchodilators are often the primary therapeutic modality for asthma in children, especially when avoidance of the systemic adverse effects of the methylxanthines and the corticosteroids is of major concern. Metaproterenol, a recognized beta2 adrenergic agonist resistant to deactivation by catechol-o-methyl-transferase, was the object of two double-blind studies in Denver, among children 6 to 16 years of age, with a confirmed diagnosis of variable obstructive airways disease.

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