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Allergy medications: Know your options
Allergy medications reduce your body's reaction to allergens or block symptom-causing chemicals such as histamine.
Helium helps asthmatics breathe - Research summary
Friday, June 19, 2009 BACKGROUND: According to the American Lung Association, asthma is the most common chronic disorder among children.
Off-Center Fold: An Unusual Pruritic Eruption of the Feet--Quiz Case
REPORT OF A CASE A 36-year-old woman presented with a painful and pruritic eruption on both feet.
SkyePharma Inc. Says FDA May Need More Flutiform Data
SkyePharma PLC today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration has issued a communication in respect of the New Drug Application for its lead development product, FlutiformTM , an investigational treatment for persistent asthma in patients 12 years of age and older.
How Safe Is Your Asthma Medication?
A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market a Texas physician is charging.
SkyePharma PLC: Flutiform NDA Accepted for Review
Flutiform NDA Accepted for Review LONDON, UK, 22 May 2009 - SkyePharma PLC today announces that the New Drug Application for its lead development product, Flutiform , an investigational treatment for persistent asthma in patients 12 years of age and older, has been accepted for review by the US Food and Drug Administration .
Washington University in St. Louis
Children's characteristics may determine response to asthma drug
May 4, 2009 -- Certain characteristics of preschool-aged children at high risk for asthma could help physicians deliver more personalized and effective treatment.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you please discuss eosinophilic esophagitis? I have it, and I have a hard time eating.
New England Journal of Medicine
Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Inhaled Long-Acting Beta-Agonists a " The Influence of Values
Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Inhaled Long-Acting Beta-Agonists - The Influence of Values Judith M. Kramer, M.D., M.S. In December 2008, the Food and Drug Administration convened a joint meeting of the Pediatric Advisory Committee, the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee, and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee to ...
A Single Inhaler for Your Asthma
Most asthma patients use their maintenance asthma inhaler, most commonly an inhaled steroid like Pulmicort or Flovent , and a separate rescue inhaler like Albuterol when your symptoms worsen.
Asthma drug does a number on singer's voice
Question: I am a singer, so my voice is critical to both my livelihood and my sense of well-being. I was recently diagnosed with mild asthma, and my doctor prescribed an inhaler called Flovent.
Parents' fury over girl's death
An overdose of a steroid in the inhaler of Emma Frame, five, caused adrenal failure which killed her in November 2001.
Inhaled asthma drug hits sour note
Q: I am a singer, so my voice is critical to both my livelihood and my sense of well-being. I was recently diagnosed with mild asthma, and my doctor prescribed an inhaler called Flovent.
People's Pharmacy: Vitamin D a shining star
Most vitamin supplements have taken a beating in the press during the past few years.
People want to know how advair works. Advair treats both the main causes of an asthma attack, airway constriction and inflammation of the airways in your lungs.
L-lysine to treat shingles is a new one on them
After chemo treatment, I had two bouts with shingles. Knowing that this is a herpes virus, I treated myself with L-lysine as I often do for cold sores.
New asthma med filed for FDA approval
British drugmaker SkyePharma has filed a new drug application with the FDA for Flutiform .
Skyepharma PLC Announces Regulatory Application
SkyePharma Announces Filing of New Drug Application for FlutiformTM to the FDA LONDON, UK, 23 March 2009 -- SkyePharma PLC today announces the filing of a New Drug Application for FlutiformTM , SkyePharma's lead development product for the maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 12 years of age and older, with the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Study Demonstrates That QVAR is More Likely to Achieve Successful...
Ltd. today announced results from a study demonstrating that Inhaled Corticosteroid therapy with QVAR , an ICS that is able to effectively treat both large and small airway inflammation, may be particularly ...
When kids wheeze, steroids don't help: Studies
Giving steroids to children who are wheezing because of viral or other infections does not help, researchers reported on Wednesday.