If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US national poison hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canadian residents should call their local poison control center directly. Symptoms of overdose may include: chest pain, fast/pounding/irregular heartbeat, headache, shaking (tremors), nervousness, weakness, severe dizziness, seizures.
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 »
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 »
It's 2009, and that means we are all being forced to switch officially to the HFA type of asthma inhaler. Many other posts here have dealt... Read more »
Think about this. There are many asthmatic adults who are embarrassed or too modest to seek medical attention. Many are even so modest... Read more »
Two studies have found that the use of inhaled corticosteroids to treat asthma in infants and children does not alter the course of the disease as... Read more »
This is a study to compare the QVAR-Easi-Breathe 100 mcg/day and QVAR-Easi-Breathe 200 mcg/day with a placebo in children ages 5 to 11 who have... Read more »
Corticosteroids are a good defense against asthma, but inhaling them brings a better outcome. According to a 16-week study of children ages 6 to 17,... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
If you breathe a foreign object into your nose, mouth, or respiratory tract, it may become stuck and cause breathing problems. It can also lead to... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
MAS; Meconium pneumonitis (inflammation of the lungs)PreventionRisk factors should be identified as early as possible. If the mother's water broke at... Read more »