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. – . Staggering differences found in drug prices Cost of common meds vary widely and officials want consumers warned A common asthma inhaler costs . at Duane Reade in West Brighton but only at Richmond Pharmacy & Surgical in Concord. Zoloft, an antidepressant, costs . at ShopRite Pharmacy in Graniteville but just . at Eckerd Drugs in Eltingville – where the cholesterol drug Lipitor is priced at . , one-third more than the . it costs at Samuel D. Baker Drugs in Prince’s Bay.Such staggering price disparities among pharmacies in the five boroughs… . COLUMN -Take all your meds with water, even the liquids Q Does drinking water immediately after swallowing liquid medications dilute the medicine? – T.W., Irving, Texas A No, it doesn’t dilute it in any way, although this is a common myth. Fresh, clean water is extremely important to good health because it dilutes toxins in your body and helps keep your cells alive and vibrant. I don’t like fluoridated water, but this is inevitable in some cities (unless you buy bottled) and, in fact, could be the subject of a column in… . Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat Tuesday, If readers would like to contact Dr. Gott, they write him through your newspaper or send their mail directly to Dr. Gott c/o United Media, Madison Ave., th fl., New York, NY .DR. GOTT Multi-drug therapy should be revised By Peter H. Gott, M.D.DEAR DR. GOTT I would like your opinion about the drugs my -year-old daughter has been prescribed. These include Xenical, Lipitor, Paxil, thyroxine, Axcid, Protonix, Neurontin, Cardizem, fish oil, Serevent, Flovent and… . Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat Tuesday, If readers would like to contact Dr. Gott, they write him through your newspaper or send their mail directly to Dr. Gott c/o United Media, Madison Ave., th fl., New York, NY .DR. GOTT Multi-drug therapy should be revised By Peter H. Gott, M.D.DEAR DR. GOTT I would like your opinion about the drugs my -year-old daughter has been prescribed. These include Xenical, Lipitor, Paxil, thyroxine, Axcid, Protonix, Neurontin, Cardizem, fish oil, Serevent, Flovent and… . Holland Sentinel, The Minnesota sues over high drug prices ST. PAUL, Minn – Minnesota has become the latest state to file a civil lawsuit against two pharmaceutical companies accused of grossly inflating the price of their inhalant drugs. The alleged fraud by Dey Inc. and Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp. has cost Minnesota and its senior citizens, who pick up part of the drug costs, millions of dollars, Attorney General Mike Hatch said Wednesday, announcing the suit. Some of the fraud dates to the early s, he said.The drugs at issue,… . AG SUES DRUG COMPANIES Minnesota’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against two pharmaceutical companies, alleging they grossly inflated the price of their inhalant drugs so pharmacists and doctors could get more reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid.The alleged fraud by Dey Inc. and Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp. has cost the state and its senior citizens, who pick up a percentage of the drug costs, millions of dollars, said Attorney General Mike Hatch. The fraud goes back to the… . Recalled inhalers linked to deaths Seventeen people have died because of defective asthma inhalers made by Schering-Plough Corp., including five whose deaths might have been avoided with a quicker recall, a consumer advocacy group charged Thursday.The group, Public Citizen, cited government death reports in asking Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson to begin a criminal investigation of how Schering handled the recall of million inhalers.A Schering spokesman denied any deaths were linked to the… BUSINESS TODAY CALVIN KLEIN SUES MANUFACTURER Calvin Klein Inc. is suing Warnaco Group Inc., alleging that the maker of its underwear and jeans lines violated the designer’s trademarks and improperly sold merchandise. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New York, seeks to end all agreements between the two companies. It also seeks to recoup Warnaco’s profit from improper sales and asked for unspecified compensatory damages. Calvin Klein alleges that Warnaco sold goods… . The San Diego Union-Tribune – SAN DIEGO AND CALIFORNIA Dura sets for inhaler launch Dura Pharmaceuticals said it hopes to launch its Spiros inhaler in more than a year later than originally planned, as a result of new tests the Food and Drug Administration requested last year. San Diego-based Dura, which previously hoped to launch the inhaler this year, said it will instead begin a new six-month test of the device in the year’s fourth quarter. Dura, which previously aimed for approval of the device with the asthma drug… . Chicago Tribune – TRIAL COULD CHALLENGE SOME BREATH-TEST RESULTS An upcoming trial in Du Page County court will give defense lawyers a chance to prove their longstanding claim that breath-testing machines can mistakenly identify certain medications as alcohol.Lawyers for Adrian P. Kamide, , of Elmhurst will argue that Kamide registered an incriminating level of alcohol on his breath when tested by Illinois State Police because he had taken the drug Ventolin to relieve asthma symptoms, not because he had been drinking alcohol.Ventolin, also known… –