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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
posted 07/08/2009, comments (0)|
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Which Asthma Medication Is Best?

One of the most common questions we get here on the site is some variation on, "Which asthma medicine is best?" So, I thought it might be helpful to write a post that addresses this issue for asthma. (A similar post on the Allergy site continues to be one of the most viewed posts I've ever written.)   There are many different types of... Read moreChevron
posted 06/10/2009, comments (4)|
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Escalating Cost of Asthma Treatment : What You Can Do

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.   What can you do?   For many asthma sufferers the disappearance of generic albuterol has... Read moreChevron
posted 02/11/2009, comments (2)|
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I am your respiratory therapist

Hello. I am your respiratory therapist. You can call me Rick. In the blogosphere, we refer to ourselves simply as RTs. For Asthma Central, I plan on sharing with you my asthma experiences and wisdom not just as a lifelong asthmatic, but as an RT who works with asthmatics for a living. My experiences will also be comic strips about asthma drawn by... Read moreChevron
posted 09/16/2008, comments (0)|
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Inhaler Devices for Asthma Treament Part 1

  Inhaler devices for asthma treatment In this entry (part 1 of 2), I would like to review basic devices for delivering asthma medications. Proper administration of asthma medications for the best results can be helped not only by using proper technique, but also understanding a little background on how they work. I review the basics of... Read moreChevron
posted 06/20/2008, comments (0)|
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