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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Is Flovent Used For

Price check: Flovent HFA

October 02, 2008
A comparison of current prices for Flovent HFA via online U.S. drug distributors. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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New Asthma Steroid Now Available in the US
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...compare it to budesonide (Pulmicort) and fluticasone (Flovent). The effects looked fairly... Read more »

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Serevent and Foradil: Why Aren’t They Worried About COPD’ers?
By Jane M. Martin , Health Expert

...Symbicort, or Serevent or Foradil alone, not combined with Flovent or Pulmicort, should you be... Read more »

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New HFA Reliever Inhalers for Asthma- Things You Should Know
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert

  By now many of you are aware of the arrival of HFA inhalers that represent the new environmental... Read more »

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Combination Asthma Inhalers = Increased Convenience + Better Asthma Control
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...controller medicine containing an inhaled steroid (such as Flovent and Pulmicort) 1 to 2 times a... Read more »

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Meet Joe Goofus: The Asthmatic You Don't Want To Be (But Probably Are)
By Rick Frea , Health Expert

..."Darn. Sniffle. Sniffle."     Well, he finds his Flovent inhaler and takes two puffs, hoping... Read more »

Health Guide

Preparing Asthmatic and Allergic Children for Summer Camp
...extras in case it gets lost); medicines; steroid nasal spray (such as Nasonex); steroid inhaler (such as Flovent or Asmanex); antihistamines (such as Claritin or Zyrtec); eye drops; eczema cream;... Read more »
Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Highlights
...preventively, to treatasthma attacks or wheezing that is getting worse.Drug ResearchFluticasone (Advair, Flovent) works better than montelukast (Singulair) in controlling mild-to-moderate... Read more »
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Medications
...chronic COLD. The most recent generation of inhaled steroids include (in order of potency) fluticasone (Flovent), budesonide (Pulmicort), triamcinolone (Azmacort and others), and flunisolide... Read more »
Asthma Treatment
...CorticosteroidsBeclomethasoneQVARInhalerBudesonidePulmicortInhaler, nebulizerFlunisolideAeroBidInhalerFluticasoneFloventInhalerFluticasone /... Read more »
Asthma in Adults: Long-Term Relief Medications
...effective.Examples of inhaled corticosteroids:The most recent generation of inhaled steroids include fluticasone (Flovent), budesonide (Pulmicort), triamcinolone (Azmacort and others), and... Read more »

Related News

Drugmaker adds kid-friendly dose counter to Flovent
October 03, 2008

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has added a dose counter to two formulations of Flovent. The new dose counter is intended to make it easier for parents and... Read summary »

Flovent may beat Singulair, Advair in treating kids' asthma
October 02, 2008

For children with asthma, a new study suggests that inhaled steroids such as Flovent may be the best treatment. In a recent clinical trial of 285... Read summary »

Serevent plus Flovent may reduce hospital visits
October 02, 2008

Combining the asthma treatment Serevent with the inhaled corticosteroid Flovent may reduce the risk of asthma hospitalization, researchers say. In a... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Flovent/salmeterol in children with activity-induced asthma
October 02, 2008

This is a study to measure the asthma control of Flovent (fluticasone propionate) and salmeterol in children and teens whose asthma is worsened by... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Flutiform, Flovent comparison
October 02, 2008

This is a study to compare the safety and effectiveness of the combination drug Flutiform HFA with the active ingredients in Flovent and Foradil.... Read summary »