Role of the fixed combination of fluticasone and salmeterol in adult Chinese patients with asthma and COPD.

45 Another study using induced sputum from 66 asthmatics showed a trend for a decreased neutrophil count with 12 weeks of treatment with FP/SAL. 46 Guideline-based therapies for asthma and COPD The asthma guidelines recommend ICS as first-line maintenance therapy for persistent asthma and for asthmatics who require use of short-acting β 2 -agonists more than once daily. 2 Treatment with an ICS/LABA combination is often reserved for asthma patients inadequately managed with ICS alone.

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