Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – Vote could lead to ban on nonprescription inhalers — FDA will consider risk of device’s ozone-eating chemical propellant WASHINGTON – Asthma sufferers not be able to buy nonprescription inhalers much longer because the devices contain propellants that harm the ozone layer. An advisory panel voted – Tuesday to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration remove the “essential use” status that Primatene Mist and other similar nonprescription inhalers require to be sold, spokeswoman Laura Alvey said. Final revocation of that status would mean a de facto ban on their… . OPERATOR OF UNLICENSED DAY CARE CHARGED IN MEDICATED TOT’S DEATH An autopsy of a -year-old who died under the care of an unlicensed day-care operator showed that improperly administered medicine contributed to the infant’s death, according to the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner.Aline Marcelin was arrested late Friday on a child manslaughter charge after a lengthy investigation found she was responsible for the death of -month-old Marissa Cadet, who was being treated for bronchitis.Excessive levels of the medication albuterol were… . Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News – Drug Maker Schering-Plough to Pay Million in Medicaid Fraud Suit Schering-Plough Corp., one of the world’s largest drug makers, agreed Monday to pay million to the federal government and the state of Texas to settle allegations of health care fraud.Texas sued Schering-Plough subsidiary Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp. in for overcharging the state’s Medicaid program. The state later added Schering-Plough and Schering Corp., another subsidiary, as defendants.Warrick was accused of submitting false prices for its… . Drug maker settles Schering-Plough to pay million in Medicaid fraud suit Schering-Plough Corp., one of the world’s largest drug makers, agreed Monday to pay million to the federal government and the state of Texas to settle allegations of health care fraud. Texas sued Schering-Plough subsidiary Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corp. in for overcharging the state’s Medicaid program. The state later added Schering-Plough and Schering Corp., another subsidiary, as defendants. Warrick was accused of submitting false prices… . Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) – RACING TO EVEN THE ODDS, BICYCLISTS RAISE MONEY TO FIGHT LUNG DISORDERS Glenn Ivers has a special reason for bicycling from Saranac Lake to Ithaca – during the American Lung Association’s Ride for Research .”I’m riding for my children,” said Ivers, who is executive director of the association’s Central New York branch.Ivers lives on Fay Road, Onondaga.Two of Ivers’ three children were diagnosed last year with asthma. Ivers also suffers from asthma, taking… . Los Angeles Times – Judge Grants Northwestern Request A Cook County, Ill., Circuit Court judge granted approval Tuesday to a request from Northwestern University attorneys to preserve pathology samples from the body of Rashidi Wheeler.Attorneys Eric F. Quandt and Julian Solotorovsky filed an emergency motion Monday to secure Wheeler’s blood, fluid and tissue samples, asserting that his use of dietary supplements containing ephedrine have been associated with various adverse health effects, including cardiac arrest and stroke…. . Drug is ruled out in death Northwestern football player Rashidi Wheeler had the stimulant ephedrine in his system when he collapsed during a grueling Aug. workout, but the banned substance did not cause his death, the Cook County medical examiner said yesterday. “We do not think this contributed to his death,” Dr. Edmund Donoghue said. “We think this is a classic case of exercise-induced bronchial asthma.”Wheeler is a chronic asthmatic. Toxicology tests also… . Washington Post – FINDINGS The number of slayings committed by students in U.S. schools or at school-sponsored outings rises when students return to classrooms at the end of summer and winter holidays, federal health experts said in a study released yesterday. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said school-related homicides typically were highest at the beginning of the academic year in and at the start of the spring semester in . CDC researchers said the… . U.S. urged to probe inhalers, Schering-Plough accused of faulty units in 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 G. Thompson to begin a criminal investigation of how Schering-Plough handled the recall of million inhalers. “There is evidence that the… . SAY FLORIDA SANDY WINS BELMONT FEATURE Say Florida Sandy raced to his sixth victory in Belmont Park starts yesterday, beating Hearts At Risk by / lengths in the , General Douglas MacArthur Handicap on opening day at the Elmont, N.Y., track.Say Florida Sandy, ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, ran furlongs in . The -year-old horse earned , for John Rotella.Chasin’ Wimmin was third in the eight-horse field.* When Godolphin Stable bought Fantastic Light in the spring, the goal was a… –