Treating asthma in the older patient: is there a place for leukotriene modifiers?

Abstract:

:Asthma is a common airway disease found in people of all ages, although most studies of asthma therapies are focused on adolescent and young adults. Little information exists on the use of asthma therapeutics in the older patient (>65 years of age). The newest therapeutic class to be released in the US for the treatment of asthma is the leukotriene modifiers. These medications (either receptor antagonists or enzyme inhibitors) have been found to be beneficial in younger patients with asthma, but their potential role in older patients is less clear. In this review, the data regarding the use of these medications in older patients are examined, as are the epidemiological and pathophysiological issues regarding asthma in this growing patient population. On the basis of the two published reports of leukotriene modifiers in the older patient, we conclude that leukotriene modifiers are useful in this population, but like other controller therapies for asthma, they are less effective in the older population.

journal_name

Drugs Aging

journal_title

Drugs & aging

authors

Grayson MH,Korenblat PE

doi

10.2165/00002512-200623060-00002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

451-9

issue

6

eissn

1170-229X

issn

1179-1969

pii

2362

journal_volume

23

pub_type

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