Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Rick Frea

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A Registered Respiratory Therapist and asthmatic

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 moreChevron

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