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Therapeutics
Randomised controlled trial
In two parallel pragmatic equivalence trials, leukotriene receptor antagonists as initial therapy for asthma compared with inhaled corticosteroids and as add on therapy to ICS compared with adding long-acting β agonists provided equivalent short-term asthma quality of life but were associated with more medication switches
- Correspondence to J Mark FitzGerald
Centre for Lung Health, Institute for Heart and Lung Health, University of British Columbia, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z1M9, Canada; mark.fitzgerald{at}vch.ca
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In two parallel pragmatic equivalence trials, leukotriene receptor antagonists as initial therapy for asthma compared with inhaled corticosteroids and as add on therapy to ICS compared with adding long-acting β agonists provided equivalent short-term asthma quality of life but were associated with more medication switches
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