Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – . , The DRUGS INCLUDED IN GENERICS FIRST Here are the generic medications for which Merck-Medco’s Generics First program offers free patients samples, listed with their purpose and the best-known brand-name version of the drug.Antianxiety buspirone (BuSpar) Antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) Anti-inflammatory naproxen (Naprosyn) Asthma albuterol inhaler (Proventil inhaler) Stomach ulcers ranitidine (Zantac), cimetidine (Tagamet) High blood pressure furosemide (Lasix), hydrochlorothiazide… Drugs included in the Generics First program the generic medications for which Merck-Medco’s Generics First program offers free patients samples, listed with their purpose and the best-known brand-name version of the drug. Antianxiety buspirone (BuSpar) Antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) Anti-inflammatory naproxen (Naprosyn) Asthma albuterol inhaler (Proventil inhaler) Stomach ulcers ranitidine (Zantac), cimetidine (Tagamet) High blood pressure furosemide (Lasix),… . Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) – HYPODERMIC NEEDLES SOLD AT VILLAGE YARD SALE North Syracuse police charged a village resident with selling hypodermic needles and prescription drugs at a yard sale Aug. .North Syracuse police charged Donna Yule, , of Chestnut St. with criminal possession of a hypodermic instrument, a misdemeanor. Police also accused Yule of selling albuterol sulfate, a respiratory medicine, and nitroglycerin, a heart medicine, which were prescribed to her late mother, a police report said. … . The Buffalo News – PRODUCT RECALLS Company Ratner’s Retail Foods.Product Frozen cheese blintzes.Reason Possible salmonella contamination.I.D. Cheese, blueberry-cheese and cherry-cheese — sold in -ounce packages.Remedy Return for refund.Company Warrick Pharmaceuticals, a division of Schering-Plough Corp.Product Prescription albuterol inhalers for asthma sufferers.Reason Some inhaler canisters be empty.I.D. Lot number -BBS- ; expiration date of …. . BUSINESS BRIEFS-RECALLS CHICKEN SALAD BE BAD Small bins of chicken salad recently distributed in York County have been recalled because they be contaminated with a potentially fatal form of food poisoning.Verl’s Salads of Fredericksburg, Pa., is voluntarily recalling the -oz. containers of “Verl’s Chicken Salad” that were produced on Aug. . The chicken salad could be infected with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea…. -STATE RECALL ISSUED FOR ASTHMA INHALANT A drug company has recalled more than , cases of an asthma inhalant in states, one of them Virginia, saying the vials contain a pneumonia-causing organism.Xactdose Inc. said it has received no reports of anyone falling ill from inhaling its albuterol sulfate solution, distributed since to hospital pharmacies and home health care providers.Fewer than of the , cases of the chemical remain on the market, company officials estimated. Each case contains … . The Kansas City Star – Across the nation; Around the world Blacks in military Black people in the military were statistically less likely to gain promotion and women were more likely, according to a study by congressional auditors examining equal opportunity in the armed services.The report Monday by the General Accounting Office reached no conclusion as to why “statistically significant” disparities in promotion rates turned up for blacks and other minorities and for women. But it recommended that the Pentagon improve… . ASTHMA MEDICATION SEEN AS A BOOST TO PARKINSON’SDRUG While a cure for Parkinson’s disease has eluded science, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have determined that an asthma medication improve delivery of the primary drug used to treat Parkinson’s.The drug L-dopa is administered to Parkinson’s patients to help restore the body’s supply of dopamine, which the disease depletes. L-dopa’s effectiveness diminishes over time, and dosages must be increased,… . BRIEF Walmart plan for medicines begins –Michigan’s Walmart and Sam’s Club stores began a pilot program Tuesday offering a -day supply of generic prescription drugs for each, with free mail delivery. The program covers many commonly prescribed medicines, including cholesterol drug lovastatin, the asthma drug albuterol, metformin for diabetes, estradiol tablets for menopause symptoms and many mental health, heart health and blood pressure drugs.Ron Chomiuk, vice president of… . Parents say school’s negligence led to daughter’s death TACOMA — Fifth-grader Mercedes Mears lay gasping for breath on the health room floor at Clover Creek Elementary School.”I’m gonna die,” she said.Four school employees gathered around the dark-eyed, gap-toothed -year-old, giving comfort, working to calm her, urging puffs on an albuterol inhaler, reports show.But Mercedes’ asthmatic lungs were unable to pump oxygen. Her -pound body went into convulsions. When medics arrived at… –