Comment on

• The Salmeterol Multicenter Asthma Research Trial: a comparison of usual pharmacotherapy for asthma or usual pharmacotherapy plus salmeterol.

  Nelson HS, Weiss ST, Bleecker ER, Yancey SW, Dorinsky PM; SMART Study Group. Nelson HS, et al. Chest. 2006 Jan;129(1):15-26. doi: 10.1378/chest.129.1.15. Chest. 2006. PMID: 16424409 Clinical Trial.
• Formoterol, 24 microg bid, and serious asthma exacerbations: similar rates compared with formoterol, 12 microg bid, with and without extra doses taken on demand, and placebo.

  Wolfe J, Laforce C, Friedman B, Sokol W, Till D, Della Cioppa G, van As A. Wolfe J, et al. Chest. 2006 Jan;129(1):27-38. doi: 10.1378/chest.129.1.27. Chest. 2006. PMID: 16424410 Clinical Trial.