Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com past six monthsthe past twelve months Search Hint Use the source navigation bar below to quickly narrow or broaden your search by geographic area. – . Hull Daily Mail (England) – Hull Daily Mail GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH COULD EASE THE SUFFERING OF ASTHMATICS WORLDWIDE The coughing used to be so bad it would sometimes wake him three times a night.But, after years of broken sleep, Reg Elsdon is finally sleeping soundly again.The -year-old puts the transformation down to Singulair, the drug that could change the way the world treats asthmatic coughing.Researchers at the Hull Cough Clinic, the only one of its kind in the country, are doing a trial on the drug.Singulair is already used to treat asthma but is not generally thought to be… . THE ORLANDO SENTINEL – AMERICA’S DRUG FIXATION FEEL ILL? JUST POP A PILL THOUGH MANY DRUGS ARE LIFESAVERS, OTHERS HELP PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT BE AVOIDED BY HEALTHY HABITS. Arthur Sullivan needs checklists, pill organizers and his wife’s help to track the daily medications he relies on to keep his weakened heart and lungs working.Barbara Peterson used to take more than pills regularly for various problems before side effects started chipping away at her health. She is down to about a dozen.Every night, Mary Yoanna lines up a morning’s dose of four prescriptions on the kitchen counter so she can start her day of medicines at… . Lawton Constitution, The DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (D.C.)/OKLAHOMA CITY Asthma sufferers breathe easier; drug gets OK WASHINGTON – Children as young as two can try a once-a-day cherry-flavored pill to help prevent asthma attacks, the Food and Drug Administration decided Monday. The drug Singulair, manufactured by Merck & Co., already is used by adults and older children.But the FDA approved a slightly lower-dose pill Monday intended for children ages to , making Singulair the first asthma prevention therapy for children so… . New York Times, The Perseverance Is Key to a Good Life With Asthma Until about three years ago, Dawn Bosquez, a -year-old resident of Denver, was getting most of her medical care for asthma in emergency rooms. About once a month, she would wake up unable to breathe and would frantically call an ambulance or friend to rush her to the hospital, where she would be given oxygen and inhaled medications to bring the attack under control.Then, a doctor would prescribe a short course or “burst” of prednisone tablets, a powerful… WKMG (Orlando, FL) – CHANNEL NEWS – TIME START DOCTOR ABOUT SINGULAIR.WHILE MANY ALLERGY MEDICINES BLOCK HISTAMINE, SINGULAIR BLOCKS LEUKOTRIENES, AN UNDERLYING CAUSE OF NASAL ALLERGY SYMPTOMS…AND THAT’S HOW SINGULAIR WORKS DIFFERENTLY.ONE PILL, ONCE A DAY SIDE EFFECTS ARE GENERALLY MILD AND VARY BY AGE AND INCLUDE HEADACHE, EAR INFECTION, SORE THROAT AND UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION.SINGULAIR.A DIFFERENT WAY TO TREAT ALLERGIES.G KEEPING A SOUTHERN… . Boston Globe – MERCK’S ASTHMA DRUG COULD CONTROL ALLERGIES Merck & Co. has made a mild splash with its first asthma medicine, a chewable pill called Singulair that children can take once a day. But the drug’s big payoff could come treating a much more common respiratory nuisance — hay fever. A Merck-funded study of patients last year showed those who combined Singulair with the best-selling allergy pill Claritin had substantially milder hay fever symptoms than those who used Claritin alone. Combining Singulair and Claritin… . The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) – Drugs help exercise-induced asthma Two drugs have proved effective in preventing asthma attacks triggered by exercise.The drugs are Singulair, known generically as montelukast, a newly approved once-a-day pill made by Merck & Co., and Serevent, or salmeterol, an aerosol spray made by Glaxo Wellcome Corp. Studies on both drugs were published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.Asthma brought on by vigorous exercise is common. It occurs especially often when people work out in cold, dry… . The Cincinnati Post – Drugs help prevent exercisers’ asthma Two drugs have proved effective in preventing asthma attacks triggered by exercise.The drugs are Singulair, known generically as montelukast, a newly approved once-a-day pill made by Merck & Co., and Serevent, or salmeterol, an aerosol spray made by Glaxo Wellcome Corp. Studies on both drugs were published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.Asthma brought on by vigorous exercise is common.Dr. Jonathan A. Leff and others from Merck tested Singulair… . * FDA APPROVES ASTHMA DRUG FOR KIDS The Food and Drug Administration approved an alternative in asthma care for children on Monday Singulair, the first once-a-day pill to help prevent asthma attacks in children as young as .Instead, Singulair is a non-steroid drug that blocks leukotrines, substances associated with asthma’s inflammatory problems. Studies indicated that asthma patients who took one Singulair tablet every evening had fewer asthma problems.“This offers an option, perhaps, for avoiding the… . FD (FAIR DISCLOSURE) WIRE – Q Merck & Co., Inc. Earnings Conference Call – Final OPERATOR Good day everyone, and welcome to Merck’s third quarter earnings conference call. Today’s call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Ms. Eva Boratto, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.EVA BORATTO, VP OF IR, MERCK & CO., INC. Thank you Taylor and good morning. Welcome to our call to review our business performance for the third quarter of . Joining me on the call to review our… –