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Sloane Miller

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posted 02/04/2009, comments (4)

What To Do With Expired Asthma Inhalers

I went on a field trip to Poughkeepsie New York to the Culinary Institute of America last week. I went to meet a Chef colleague and have lunch with their student food allergy group. Poughkeepsie is about 90 minutes by train from New York City. Halfway through my journey I was rifling around in my purse and I saw my rescue inhaler -- my old CFC... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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posted 01/12/2009, comments (0)

Asthma: Advances in Medications this Decade

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 Chevron

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Rick Frea

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

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posted 01/12/2009, comments (5)

Susphrine: The asthma wonder drug of old

There have been treatments for asthma for at least a thousand years. The ancients used jimson weed to relax the muscles surrounding the large airways in the lungs (these are known as anticholinergic agents for you drug nerds out there). When epinepherine (epi) was first discovered in 1903, it provided instant relief by relaxing the... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 01/07/2009, comments (7)

5 Ways to Save Money on Those Expensive New HFA Inhalers

It's 2009, and that means we are all being forced to switch officially to the HFA type of asthma inhaler. Many other posts here have dealt with the whys and wherefores of this regulatory change, and you can read all about them on our HFA Inhalers page. It's a fact that many people do not feel as though they're getting the same level of... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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posted 12/15/2008, comments (0)

Advair and Symbicort: “Benefits Outweigh Risk” says an FDA Advisory Committee

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 Chevron

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