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Rick Frea

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posted 11/03/2009, comments (4)

Bronchodilator Anxiety

So it's 6 a.m. and I'm driving down I-75 South in Georgia in the wee hours of the morning when the anxiety strikes. I couldn't find my rescue inhaler. My Ventolin had gone missing. Did I leave it in the hotel? Did I leave it in the lobby? Did my wife pack it in the bathroom bag? I looked behind me and her head... Read more Chevron

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Rick Frea

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posted 10/27/2009, comments (0)

Nebulizer or inhaler: Which one works best for your child?

So you have an asthmatic child at home. Chances are you also have quick-relief medicine, sometimes called "rescue inhalers" to give to him if he has an asthma attack. If so, you should also be aware of the latest recommendations for administering this medicine. Bronchodilator is the medication in quick-relief inhalers. The... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 05/12/2008, comments (0)

Combination Asthma Inhalers = Increased Convenience + Better Asthma Control

Asthma treatment is all about control. Control is the main goal of asthma treatment, as outlined in both the U.S. asthma management guidelines as well as the GINA World Asthma guidelines. Most people are able to achieve asthma control by taking 1 or 2 puffs of a controller medicine containing an inhaled steroid (such as Flovent and... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 04/21/2008, comments (0)

Asthma Medication Issues - How Do You Know What's Safe?

It feels lately like there's always some kind of "bad news" in the headlines about one asthma medication or another. Asthma is a disease that benefits greatly from being treated, but do asthma medications actually do more harm than good? That's the question you might be asking yourself. After all, just in the past year, we've heard about... Read more Chevron

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Fred Little

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posted 04/02/2008, comments (0)

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 more Chevron

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