Montelukast
Add-on montelukast may protect asthmatics against excessive airway narrowing
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Asthma patients taking inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) may benefit from add-on therapy with the leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) montelukast to protect against excessive airway narrowing, say researchers.
“Excessive airway narrowing in response to broncho-active stimuli is a predictor for severe exacerbations in asthma,” explain Z Diamant (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and C Ulrik (Hvidovre [...]
Allergies and asthma can occur together
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009How you can prevent attacks and manage symptoms
You may wonder what allergies and asthma have in common besides a maddening ability to make you miserable. A lot, as it turns out. Allergies and asthma often occur together. In fact, allergic asthma (allergy-induced asthma) is the most common type of asthma in the United States.
If you [...]
No link found between asthma medications and suicidal behavior, FDA says.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009HealthDay (1/14, Gardner) reported, “An ongoing U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety review of possible suicidal behavior among those taking asthma drugs has found no evidence of a link so far,” FDA officials said. The agency, “which began the review in March 2008, said clinical trial data submitted by the manufacturers of Singulair (montelukast), [...]
