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. 1979 Feb;34(1):45–50. doi: 10.1136/thx.34.1.45

A comparative study of atropine methonitrate, salbutamol, and their combination in airways obstruction.

R J Pierce, C J Allen, A H Campbell
PMCID: PMC471006  PMID: 375461

Abstract

Dose-response relationships of the cholinergic antagonist, atropine methonitrate, and the beta-adrenergic agonist, salbutamol, were examined by cumulative dose techniques. A wet aerosol, 1.5 mg atropine methonitrate produced a maximum response. The response to 200 microgram of salbutamol from a pressurised aerosol was close to maximum. Secondly, the bronchodilator response of salbutamol microgram was compared with atropine methonitrate 2 mg and placebo in 18 asthmatic patients in a randomised crossover study. In 11 of them the bronchodilator response of the combination of salbutamol and atropine methonitrate was evaluated. Atropine methonitrate produced a similar peak bronchodilator effect to salbutamol, but its effect was more prolonged, the response being significantly greater at four and six hours than with salbutamol. The combination of drugs produced a significantly greater and more lasting bronchodilatation than either of the drugs alone. Despite mild side effects, atropine methonitrate, either alone or in combination with an adrenergic drug, appears to have a place in the treatment of sever reversible airway obstruction not adequately controlled by conventional treatment.

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