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Last Update: 10/21/2024 09:21 AM

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Long Acting Beta Selective Agonist
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with 12-hour durations of action

salmeterol (a partial agonist) and formoterol (a full agonist) are potent selective & 2 agonists that achieve their long duration of action (12 hours or more) as a result of high lipid solubility which permits them to dissolve in the smooth muscle cell membrane in high concentrations or, possibly, attach to "mooring" molecules in the vicinity of the adrenoceptor

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