Fenoterol depot and fenoterol in premature uterine contractions ― a multicentric double-blind comparative study

The prevention of premature uterine contractions and thus premature birth has been one of the most important problems of perinatal medicine for many years [1, 3, 4, 5, 7]. A relevant and reproducible tocolysis with clinically demonstrable effect has only been possible since the development of relatively selective betai mimetics. This has been documented especially for fenoterol in large number of studies in the last 15 years [14].