Patients whose asthma is not controlled by taking fluticasone propionate (Flovent) alone may benefit from taking antileukotriene drugs with the inhaled corticosteroid treatment. Antileukotriene drugs control leukotriene D4, a substance that occurs naturally in asthmatic lungs and produces allergic reactions similar to histamine.
Read moreChances are if you have asthma you have some degree of chronic (it's always there) inflammation in your air passages. Studies have... Read more »
Tick...tick...tick...Do you hear it? That's the sound of the clock ticking down to December 31, 2008 - the day some of the inhaled... Read more »
A cure for asthma is not likely. That's the bad news. The good news is that asthma deaths have decreased and advances in... Read more »
Although asthma death rates have declined, it continues to be a leading cause of missed work and school in the United States. The National... Read more »
According to the Boston Globe, testing has now started on an inhaled version of bone-building medicine Forteo. For those who take it, seems... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Daily treatment with an inhaled steroid is the best way to keep kids with asthma breathing easy. Government researchers arrived... Read more »
This is a study to compare the safety and effectiveness of a combination of prandial inhaled insulin and metformin with the inhaled insulin and a... Read more »
A new study by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has found that Advair (fluticasone propionate, salmeterol) and Flovent (fluticasone propionate) appear to be... Read more »
This is a study to compare the effects of Flovent (fluticasone propionate), Advair (fluticasone propionate/salmeterol), and Singulair (montelukast)... Read more »
Have questions or comments? Click here. Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) listened to presentations and comments from several members... Read more »
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