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Pages 278-281 (June - July 1994)
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Pages 278-281 (June - July 1994)
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Comparación de la rapidez de acción de terbutalino en inhalador de polvo seco con el aerosol presurizado
Speed of action of dry-powder vs pressurized aerosol terbutaline
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J. Belda Ramírez, P. Casan Clarà, M. González Molina, J. Sanchis Aldás*
Departamento de Neumología. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona
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En 9 pacientes con obstrucción reversible al flujo aéreo se comparó la rapidez de acción broncodilatadora de terbutalino en polvo, administrado con el sistema Turbuhaler® y la del mismo fármaco, administrado en aerosol líquido por cartucho presurizado. En 2 días consecutivos se administraron 0,5 mg de terbutalino en cartucho presurizado o en Turbuhaler®, realizándose una espirometría basal previa, a los 15, 45 y 90 s y a los 3, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 y 120 min de la administración del fármaco. Ambas formas de presentación produjeron aproximadamente el 50% de su efecto máximo en los primeros 45 s, alcanzando la media de los incrementos máximos del FEV1, el 80% a los 10 min para el aerosol en polvo y el 83% a los 10 min para el cartucho presurizado; el incremento máximo se alcanzó a los 52 (54) min para el Turbuhaler® y a los 69 (50) min para el cartucho presurizado. El estudio estadístico no reveló diferencias significativas en la rapidez broncodilatadora de ambas formas de presentación. El sistema de administración en polvo del terbutalino (Turbuhaler®) fue tan rápido y eficaz en su respuesta broncodilatadora como el cartucho presurizado de aerosol.

The speed of bronchodilatation with terbutaline administered through the Turbuhaler® system and the same drug administered through a pressurized liquid aerosol device was compared in 9 patients with reversible air flow obstruction. On 2 consecutive days, terbutaline 0.5 mg in aerosol or dry-powder form (Turbuhaler®) was administered after baseline spirometric measurements were taken. Spirometry was repeated at 15, 45 and 90 s and at 3, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 and 120 min after administration of the drug. Both forms of presentation produced approximately 50% of their maximum effect within the first 45 s; 80% of the patients in the dry-powder group reached the mean of maximum FEV1 increase at 10 min, while 83% in the pressurized-aerosol-device group did so. The maximum increase was reached at 52 (54) min with the Turbuhaler® and at 69 (50) min for the aerosol. The difference in speed of effect for the two pharmaceutical forms were not statistically signiflcant. The administration of terbutaline in powder form (Turbuhaler®) was as fast and effective in achieving bronchodilatation as was the aerosol form.

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