Singulair
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 [...]
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), [...]
