Chances are if you have asthma you have some degree of chronic (it's always there) inflammation in your air passages. Studies have proven the best and safest way of treating this inflammation is daily use of inhaled corticosteroids.
Inhaled corticosteroids are now a top line treatment for asthma proven to reduce inflammation in your lungs. In this way, the medicine controls and prevents asthma.
There are a lot of inhaled corticosteroids on the market, so the trick is to find...
Tick...tick...tick...Do you hear it? That's the sound of the clock ticking down to December 31, 2008 - the day some of the inhaled... Read more »
Although asthma death rates have declined, it continues to be a leading cause of missed work and school in the United States. The National... Read more »
According to the Boston Globe, testing has now started on an inhaled version of bone-building medicine Forteo. For those who take it, seems... Read more »
An Overview In accordance with an international agreement to reduce ozone-depleting propellants, manufacturers of many inhalers have... Read more »
Readers of this site have asked several important questions about the use of quick-relief (‘rescue') medications -- both OTC and... Read more »
This is a study to compare the safety and effectiveness of a combination of prandial inhaled insulin and metformin with the inhaled insulin and a... Read more »
This is a study to compare the effects of budesonide-MMX to Asacol versus a placebo in patients with ulcerative colitis. This national study is... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Inhalation (or respiratory) anthrax is an infectious disease brought on by breathing in the spores of the bacteria Bacillus anthracis.Alternative... Read more »
Cluster headaches are so painful that they've been called "suicide headaches." At this time, the only treatment that's FDA approved for the acute... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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