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Not Taking Asthma Medicine
What is the concern about Singulair (montelukast)?
Singulair is a major drug in asthma treatment – it is important to review recent developments and put these findings in perspective of overall asthma care for individual patients.
Singulair (montelukast)
Singulair (manufactured and marketed by Merck and Co.) is a drug of the so-called anti-leukotriene class that is used for control of symptoms of asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever). It was initially approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...
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From Our Experts
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.... Read more »
The Top 10 Asthma Medicines
It would be neat if asthma was like a sport. Instead of writing dry, humorless posts, we could write exciting and entertaining posts... Read more »
Seven Classic Asthma Medicines To Be Discontinued
Like it or not, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made it official that seven classic asthma and COPD medicines will be phased out... Read more »
Can Asthma Medicines Be Used as "Performance Enchancers?"
Dara Torres has asthma, just like her father, says a story in the New York Times. But for years, she had been training and competing with... Read more »
Is It OK to Use Expired Asthma Medicines?
You found your asthma medicine sitting at the bottom of your sock drawer and now you're wondering: Can I still use it? Is it safe?... Read more »
From Our Sources
Sometimer Asthmatics: Adult Asthmatics Who Don't Take Their As...
These are adult asthmatics who sometimes have mild asthma symptoms, and when they do they take a puff or two or three or four of their quick-relief... Read more »
The Hard-Luck Asthmatic: Their Asthma Is Difficult to Control
These are the asthmatics who, regardless of how compliant they are with their preventative medicines, still have bad asthma episodes. We don't know... Read more »
Poor Patient Asthmatics: Asthma Patients Who Need Better Docto...
Poor Patient Asthmatics would take better care of their asthma if they knew how. They need help developing a good asthma action plan for themselves.... Read more »
Magnesium may reduce asthma sufferers' need for medicines
Children with asthma who take magnesium supplements have less severe asthma symptoms and use less medication, a new clinical trial suggests. Children... Read more »
The Goofus Asthmatic: The Lazy Asthma Patient
These asthmatics think they know how to take care of their asthma, but they don't and don't really try to learn how to manage their asthma properly.... Read more »
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