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What You Need to Know About Asthma Drug Black Box Warnings

Black box warnings are a type of labeling that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA, for short) requires pharmaceutical companies to use when a drug has possible side effects that are dangerous, rather than just annoying. In the past couple of years, several asthma medications have received black box warnings and now there are more.   The... Read moreChevron
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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 moreChevron
posted 12/15/2008, comments (6)|
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Serevent and Foradil carry more risks, and benefits, than other asthma medications

In this entry, I would like to discuss some recent findings on two similar medications that have significantly changed the landscape of asthma treatment (both from the clinician and patient perspectives). Salmeterol (brand name: Serevent) and formoterol (brand name: Foradil) are long acting bronchodilators in the beta-2 agonist class. They help... Read moreChevron
posted 10/27/2008, comments (5)|
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Old, New and Future Approaches to Asthma Treatment

New approaches to asthma treatment Earlier last month, I attended an international conference on clinical and research advances in asthma and allergic diseases. There are some exciting new prospects on the horizon for asthma treatment. In this entry, I would like to provide a summary of a few of these candidates and how they compare to currently... Read moreChevron
posted 04/02/2008, comments (0)|
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Understanding Black Box Warnings for Asthma Medicines

Some of the most effective asthma medicines are inhaled steroids, and the downside to this is that the word "steroid" has a bad reputation. But what many people don't understand is that the steroids that have caused that negative publicity are NOT the kind of steroids that asthma sufferers take. In fact, the steroids that people... Read moreChevron
posted 02/12/2008, comments (3)|
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