“…Other studies in patients with chronic, stable airways obstruction have shown a similar dose-response pattern to large doses of /3-adrenoceptor agonist by inhalation (Svedmyr, Malmberg & Thiringer, 1972;Martin et al, 1977;. Shenfield & Paterson (1973) (Jenne, Wyze, Rood & MacDonald, 1972;Mitenko & Ogilvie, 1973;Levy & Koysooko, 1975;Ogilvie, 1978;Weinberger, 1978). This work suggests that salbutamol by inhalation possesses a greater potential therapeutic range with a wider margin of safety than oral theophylline.…”