Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com past six monthsthe past twelve months Search Hint Connecting terms with OR broadens your search to give more results …more on search operators – . Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) – STATE PUNISHES TWO LPNS The state is disciplining two area nurses for misconduct on and off the job.Wendy A. Relihan, of Danforth St., Syracuse, has been fined and placed on probation for one year by the state Board of Regents. She is a licensed practical nurse The board acted after Relihan admitted in a signed consent order she gave a fellow employee an albuterol nebulizer – a medicine that helps people with lung problems breathe easier – without a doctor’s order while working at St…. . New rules will address drug compounding by pharmacies KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — State officials are considering new rules aimed at safeguarding sterile drugs compounded in Missouri pharmacies. But the rules, which could go into effect this summer, could require millions of dollars in changes statewide.Pharmacies will have a year to come into compliance, said Kevin Kinkade, executive director for the Missouri Board of Pharmacy, “because the changes are very significant, and some facilities will have to bear a lot of… . TOP DRUGS Antibiotics appear seven times in the top drugs of ranked by dollar volume of new prescriptions. The antibiotics are in bold type. According to Pharmacy Times, the top are . HYCD/APAP (Watson) . Trimox (Apothecon) . Zithromax Z-Pak (Pfizer) . Augmentin (SmithKline Beecham) . Amoxicillin (Teva) . HYCD/APAP (Mallinckrodt) . Albuterol (Warrick) . Lipitor (Park-Davis) . Cephalexin (Teva) . Premarin (Wyeth-Ayerst) . Synthroid (Knoll… . Medicare is told it could save on prescriptions WASHINGTON — For two years, the General Accounting Office and the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services have bombarded Congress and Medicare program officials with a simple, money-saving message The prices Medicare pays doctors and drug suppliers for outpatient drugs are too high.Medicare pays at least percent more for these outpatient drugs than the state Medicaid programs pay for a wide range of drugs states buy under discount arrangements with drug… . Drug firm replaces president The president of Copley Pharmaceutical Inc. was replaced yesterday, one day after the firm announced a drop in earnings and delays in development of new products. Kenneth Larsen was named interim president of the Canton company, replacing Anthony Bonelli, who has held the post since and is leaving “to pursue other career interests,” according to a statement issued by the firm.Copley stock, which dropped . a share Thursday, yesterday made up some… . CAN SHE AVOID EXERCISE ASTHMA? Q I can’t find any information on exercise-induced asthma. I am a – year-old female, am not overweight and have always been healthy and active. Last fall, during our daily morning walk, I would begin to wheeze after about a mile. This continued to worsen each morning until finally I could only walk about a quarter of a mile. An albuterol inhaler helped, but the condition continued to get worse. A week in Arizona did not help.I have never had allergies in my life. I have had… . Datamonitor – MediciNova reports encouraging results from Phase II asthma trial MediciNova and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange have reported final results from its Phase II clinical trial evaluating MN- at planned escalating doses of to , mcg in patients with severe, acute exacerbations of asthma treated in emergency departments. The study included patients with severe, acute exacerbations of asthma. All patients received standardized care consisting of inhaled albuterol, ipratropium and oral steroid treatment. No safety concerns… . Asthma sufferers get new inhalers By Liv Osby HEALTH WRITER A rescue inhaler is one of the tools Rebecca Miracle uses to manage her -year-old daughter’s asthma, but the New Year brings a new inhaler that will mean changes for her and others.The old inhalers contain chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, as a propellant. These chemicals have been banned for years in other aerosol products because they damage Earth’s ozone layer.CFCs can last to years in the atmosphere, the national… . wire (USA) – GSK Data Suggests Efficacy of Advair(R) and Serevent(R) is Not Impacted by Genetic Profile, Study is the Largest Prospective Trial to Examine Asthma Outcomes Based on Genetic Profile PRNewswire — Data presented today by GlaxoSmithKline showed that genetic differences at the site of the beta- adrenergic receptor gene in asthma patients did not lead to different responses to Advair Diskus(R) (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder) or Serevent Diskus(R) (salmeterol xinofoate inhalation powder). Past prospective clinical trials have found that the use of short-acting beta-agonists, such as albuterol, were linked to worse outcomes in patients with… . McClatchy-Tribune Regional News (USA) – BRIEF Teva gains FDA approval for generic DuoNeb The drug is used as a treatment for pulmonary diseases. Jan. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq TEVA; TASE TEVA) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for the Company’s abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) to market its generic version of Dey’s bronchodilator, DuoNeb Inhalation Solution in mg ( . percent) and . mg ( . percent) strengths. The product contains two medicines Albuterol Sulfate and Ipratropium Bromide. Shipment of the product will begin… –