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Understanding your asthma medications
Friday, January 8th, 2010Source: CHealth
Types of medicationsAsthma medications can fall into three general categories: relievers, controllers, and combination medications.
Reliever medications, sometimes referred to as rescue medications, help stop the symptoms of an asthma attack. They are used as needed and are most effective when used at the first sign of asthma symptoms, such as shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing, [...]
Severe asthma attacks in kids averted by fluticasone/salmeterol combo
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Source: Reuters Health
In asthmatic children, treatment with fluticasone plus salmeterol is associated with fewer serious exacerbations and lower medical costs compared to the use of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus montelukast.
That’s according to a retrospective study of insurance claims data presented by Dr. Richard Stanford, from GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, at the [...]
New Treatments Improve Control for Severe Asthma
Friday, March 20th, 2009Over just one decade, new asthma medications and tools have significantly improved the management of this serious airway disease.
When compared to children treated in the mid-’90s, children with severe asthma during 2004 to 2007 were less likely to need oral steroids and rescue inhalers, and their lung function scores were improved, according to a study [...]
Asthma inhalers: Which one’s for you?
Sunday, March 8th, 2009Inhalers allow asthmatics to lead active lives.
Inhalers have transformed asthma treatment. They enable children and adults with asthma to deliver medicine directly to their lungs nearly anytime and anywhere. A variety of inhalers are available to help relieve or control asthma symptoms.
Types of inhalers
Inhalers are hand-held portable devices that deliver medication directly to the lungs. [...]
Combination of drugs found most effective asthma treatment
Monday, January 12th, 2009Combination of drugs found most effective asthma treatment
An FDA panel says long-acting beta agonists should be used in tandem with inhaled corticosteroids.
Source: amednews.com
Inhalers such as Serevent Diskus and Foradil Aerolizer, which contain only a long-acting beta agonist, are not good choices for treating asthma. The reason: The chance they will be used without an inhaled [...]
Doctor cautions asthmatics about making changes
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Doctor cautions asthmatics about making changes
A local asthma and allergist specialist is concerned that misinformation may cause some asthma patients to stop taking their medications.
Earlier this month, an advisory board to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that Serevent and Foradil no longer be prescribed to asthmatics.
Both are long-acting bronchial dilators. Research has shown that [...]
Asthma medications: What you need to know
Friday, December 19th, 2008Asthma medications: What you need to know
In December, a panel of experts from the Food and Drug Administration recommended to ban two drugs from being used for asthma: salmeterol (Serevent) and formoterol (Foradil), both long-acting beta agonists (LABAs). But since the drugs are likely to remain on the market, what should you know about prescribing [...]
Swimmer Jessica Hardy’s Competitors Are Permitted to Use Similar Asthma Drugs
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008U.S. Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for the asthma medication Clenbuterol in both A and B samples at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., on July 1 and 4, 2008.
Clenbuterol is a bronchodilator belonging to a class of drugs known as beta-2 adrenergic agonists or long-acting beta-2 adrenergic agonist (LABA) . Clenbuterol is [...]
