The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1031
ISSUE 1031
July 17, 1998
Issue 1031
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Montelukast for Persistent Asthma
July 17, 1998 (Issue: 1031)
Montelukast sodium (Singulair - Merck), a leukotriene receptor antagonist, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for oral prophylaxis and chronic treatment of asthma in adults and children at least 6 years old. It is the...more
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