Brand names: Formoterol Fumarate Inhalation Solution
12.1 Mechanism of Action Formoterol fumarate is a long-acting, beta 2 -adrenergic receptor agonist (beta 2 -agonist). Inhaled formoterol fumarate acts locally in the lung as a bronchodilator. In vitro studies have shown that formoterol has more than 200-fold greater agonist activity at beta 2 -receptors than at beta 1 -receptors. Although beta 2 -receptors are the predominant adrenergic receptors in bronchial smooth muscle and beta 1 -receptors are the predominant receptors in the heart, there are also beta 2 -receptors in the human heart comprising 10% to 50% of the total beta-adrenergic receptors. The precise function of these receptors has not been established, but they raise the possibility that even highly selective beta 2 -agonists may have cardiac effects. The pharmacologic effects of beta 2 -adrenoceptor agonist drugs, including formoterol, are at least in part attributable to stimulation of intracellular adenyl cyclase, the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine tri
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I guess that is how all of us here at /r/fitness feel when trying to reach a physical goal. The universe just seems to be working against you, no matter how hard you try, but that's life. At the age of 7 I was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma. So from early on I physically was inable to play s
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Tablet
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Respiratory (inhalation)