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Accolate.(Drug overview)

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Pronounced: ACK-o-late

Generic name: Zafirlukast

Why is this drug prescribed?

Accolate helps prevent asthma attacks. It is prescribed for long-term treatment.

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New Clinical Study Shows Children Prefer ACCOLATE Tablet Therapy to Commonly...
Press release article from: PR Newswire September 21, 1998 700+ words
...treatment above labeled doses." ACCOLATE is an oral controller agent...reverse a sudden asthma attack. ACCOLATE Tablets are generally well...medical condition worsens. Side effects include headache, infection...nausea. A rare side effect of ACCOLATE, mostly seen at doses up...
An Ode to Accolate
Magazine article from: Pharmaceutical Representative Ceaser, Orlando August 1, 2009 700+ words
...will prevail 'Tween Accolate and Singulair. We leveraged...challenge is met; Will Accolate stand in glory? This...Features are many and side effects rare For thousands were changed in so many ways By Accolate-now Singulair? In...
Pediatric formulation of the asthma treatment Accolate (zafirlukast) by Zeneca.
Newspaper article from: Drug Utilization Review December 1, 1999 700+ words
...initial marketing in 1996 for patients 12 or older, trials of 800 subjects, and a 52-week open label safety trial. Compared to placebo, side effects included headache (4.5% vs. 4.2%) and stomach pain (2.8% vs. 2.3%).
ACCOLATE -zafirlukast- Approved by FDA for Children with Asthma Seven Years of...
Press release article from: Business Wire September 20, 1999 700+ words
...formulation of the popular asthma medication, ACCOLATE(R) (zafirlukast), has received...during symptom free periods. Since 1996, ACCOLATE has helped control symptoms for asthma...years of age and older. In the U.S., ACCOLATE has been prescribed more than 5 million...
New U.S. Clinical Studies Show ACCOLATE To be Effective and Well-Tolerated...
Press release article from: PR Newswire September 22, 1997 700+ words
...European studies of the asthma medication ACCOLATE(R) (zafirlukast)(l) continue...Germany, September 20-24, 1997. ACCOLATE, an oral medication from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals...September 1996, physicians have prescribed ACCOLATE for more than 480,000 patients in the...
FDA Clears New Asthma Treatment: ACCOLATE; First New Class of Asthma Drug in 20...
Press release article from: PR Newswire September 26, 1996 700+ words
...Food and Drug Administration has cleared ACCOLATE(R) (zafirlukast) tablets, an oral...children 12 years of age and older. ACCOLATE is the first leukotriene receptor antagonist...medications has been introduced in the US. ACCOLATE is different from all other types of...
Zeneca files New Drug Application for ACCOLATE.
Press release article from: Business Wire August 29, 1995 700+ words
...with the Food and Drug Administration for ACCOLATE(R) (zafirlukast) tablets. ACCOLATE is an oral leukotriene receptor antagonist...been studied for the treatment of asthma. ACCOLATE is one of the first in a new class of asthma...
Study Presented at ATS Demonstrates Flovent(R) (Fluticasone Propionate)...
Press release article from: PR Newswire May 7, 2000 700+ words
...was significantly more effective than Accolate(R)* (zafirlukast), a leukotriene...looked at this research, we found that Accolate was not as effective as Flovent 44 mcg...been shown to be more effective than Accolate at improving lung function, reducing...
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