An Overview
In accordance with an international agreement to reduce ozone-depleting propellants, manufacturers of many inhalers have changed the propellants in inhalers from chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) to hydrofluoroalkane (HFA). In addition, many asthma medications now have the most natural propellant -- you!
So called ‘dry powder inhalers', or DPIs, get medicine into the lungs when patients breathe in. For many patients this is easier as there is no need to time breathing in with pushing...
Should inhaled insulin be approved? According to the FDA, the answer appear to be no. Here’s the skinny on Afrezza. Afrezza is a... Read more »
In response to reader concerns, I would like to revisit the issue of the efficacy of the new, ‘environmentally friendly'... Read more »
By now many of you are aware of the arrival of HFA inhalers that represent the new environmental friendly carriers for aerosol inhalers.... Read more »
My yearly routine includes talking to school staff about my son's asthma, filling out the appropriate forms and double-checking where his... Read more »
The news was big over the weekend: Pfizer won FDA approval for its new inhaled form of rapid-acting insulin, called Exubera. The press was... Read more »
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition that causes the airways (bronchi) to produce excess mucus and close, making breathing difficult.... Read more »
A new study suggests that people who have severe asthma may actually have a very different disease than people who suffer from mild to moderate... Read more »
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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 »
New research suggests that putting the older antipsychotic drug loxapine in a new device designed to deliver it in an inhaled aerosol form helps calm... Read more »
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