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. – . Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – BREATHE EASIER WITH NEW INHALERS Asthma inhalers with chloroflurocarbon (CFC) propellant no longer will be sold as of Jan. , in favor of inhalers with environmentally safer hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellant. If you’ve yet to make the switch, health experts advise Read and follow directions with the new inhaler. Prime the unit. Breathe in mist slowly, hold for seconds. Rinse inhaler opening regularly with warm water to prevent clogging.Consider using a spacer. Plastic chamber attaches to inhaler and… . SCANNING THE NATION CHICAGO Relative arrested in Hudson killings Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the shooting deaths of the entertainer’s mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.William Balfour, , was arrested at Stateville Correctional Center on a warrant accusing him of murdering the relatives of the singer and Oscar-winning actress, Chicago police… . Asthma patients must go green, FDA requires new CFC-free inhalers As of , millions of people with asthma will have no choice but to help save the planet.The Food and Drug Administration has ordered the elimination of inhalers that use chlorofluorocarbons to propel medication into the lungs. CFCs have been taken out of almost all products since because they harm Earth’s protective ozone layer.Some medical devices were exempted until safe, effective alternatives could be developed.New inhalers, which use… . Web pharmacies carry risk of mix-ups Question I hope readers heed your warnings about online prescriptions. There also are risks even from well-known Web pharmacies. I had my Lipitor prescription filled and delivered to my home for about months. Twice, I received someone else’s order. The first time it was three bottles of prenatal vitamins; the second was phenobarbital for a dog. Now I stand in line at the local drugstore and check the label before I pay. Can you comment?Answer There’s no place… . Many treatments are used for emphysema, bronchitis Dear Dr. Donohue In the past you wrote “There are many things that can make life with emphysema more livable.” I would sure like to know them.Emphysema is the destruction of air sacs, the delicate lung structures through which oxygen passes into the blood. With emphysema, oxygen cannot get into the blood. Its principal symptom, therefore, is breathlessness even on minor physical activity. Emphysema’s twin is chronic bronchitis, an irritation of the… . Times Argus, The (Montpelier-Barre, VT) – Pharmacist charged with stealing drugs BELLOWS FALLS – A Vermont pharmacist allegedly caught using drugs on the job has been charged with counts of theft and prescription fraud.Gary Illingworth Sr., , was arrested Monday after a four-month investigation by the village police department.Illingworth admitted to stealing bottles of hydrocodone, tablets of Gemifibrazole – which is used to treat heart disease – as well as Albuterol and Flovent inhalers, according to state pharmacy board records.In , a… . O’Fallon Journal Allergens can aggravate asthma The same things that trigger allergies can trigger an asthmatic bronchiospasm – an airway obstruction. Pollen, mold, dust and even temperature extremes can trigger an asthma attack.About million people in the United States have asthma.About people are hospitalized each year because of the disease, and , patients die each year due to asthma.”That’s , deaths that are entirely preventable,” said Dr. Douglas Zweig, a board… . St. Peters Journal Allergens can aggravate asthma The same things that trigger allergies can trigger an asthmatic bronchiospasm – an airway obstruction. Pollen, mold, dust and even temperature extremes can trigger an asthma attack.About million people in the United States have asthma.About people are hospitalized each year because of the disease, and , patients die each year due to asthma.”That’s , deaths that are entirely preventable,” said Dr. Douglas Zweig, a board… . Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News – Drug price faked, official tells court Nov. A drug company used a “deliberately planned marketing strategy” to defraud West Virginia out of more than million, and should have to pay the money back, the state’s chief deputy attorney general said in court Tuesday.The state claims Warrick Pharmaceuticals defrauded the state and violated the state Consumer Protection Act by “making up” the average wholesale price of albuterol, an inhalant used to treat asthma, and… . Daily – Cutting salt help curb exercise-induced asthma A new study finds that cutting salt can curb asthma. Studied were recreational athletes with mild asthma that worsened with exercise. Exercise induced asthma is common – it occurs in up to one person in .Exercise-induced asthma is especially common in winter sports such as skiing, but it can occur in any season. I’ve seen asthma slow runners in the spring and bring football players to their knees after they’ve sprinted only to yards.In fact, asthma… –