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Kathi MacNaughton

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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 more Chevron

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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 more Chevron

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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 more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

What You Need to Know About Asthma Drug Black Box Warnings

James Thompson, MD

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

Kathi MacNaughton

Understanding Black Box Warnings for Asthma Medicines

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