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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, [...]
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. [...]
FDA approves asthma inhaler as a COPD treatment.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009WebMD (3/2, Hitti) reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “has approved the use of Symbicort pMDI (pressurized metered-dose inhaler), which is used to treat asthma, to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).” AstraZeneca officials say that “the FDA approved Symbicort for COPD based on two clinical trials that included more than 3,600 COPD [...]
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 [...]
