leukotriene receptor antagonist


leukotriene receptor antagonist

a class of agents, of which zileuton, montelukast, zafirlukast are the best known, used in the prophylactic and chronic treatment of asthma in older children and adults; these drugs are not bronchodilators in themselves, but act by interfering with the leukotriene-mediated inflammatory process present in asthma.

leukotriene receptor antagonist

Pharmacology Any of a family of agents used to treat asthma by interfering with the binding of leukotriene D4