Okay, the economy is tanking, job security for many people is at an all-time low, cost of health insurance is increasing and medication costs are sky-rocketing. My comments will address healthcare expenses with emphasis on medication costs.
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For many asthma sufferers the disappearance of generic albuterol has... 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 medications over this decade offer a chance for improvement in prevention and control of this disease that affects more than 20 million people in America.
In this post I will discuss 5... Read more
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) listened to presentations and comments from several members of an expert FDA advisory committee regarding the benefit-to-risk ratio of Long Acting Beta-agonist drugs (LABAs) -- namely Serevent (salmeterol), Foradil (formoterol), Advair (a combination of fluticasone and salmeterol) and Symbicort (a... Read more
Doc, I get sick every Christmas and end up missing a few days of work. I take my family out to pick a live tree the weekend after Thanksgiving every year and 1-2 weeks later my asthma flares up. Could I be allergic to my Christmas tree?
The Christmas holiday season brings more than song and joy to asthma and allergy sufferers... Read more
As millions of Americans endure the surge of colds and sinus infections typical of the fall, flu season rapidly approaches. Tens of thousands of people in the U.S. die from influenza each year. There would probably be many more deaths if it weren't for aggressive vaccination strategies led by national health departments and healthcare... Read more
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