Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – . The Tampa Tribune – Generic asthma drug blamed for illnesses Hundreds sue pharmaceutical company TAMPA — Taylor Atkinson can’t walk or crawl, even though he’s almost .The best the Tampa boy can manage is a sort of twist of his hips that lets him roll around the floor to get where he wants to go. He doesn’t speak beyond the “Ma” and sometimes “Da.”His parents blame the boy’s stunted development on a recalled asthma drug, albuterol, that he took as an infant. Copley… . PLEA BARGAIN YEAR IN JAIL FOR TOT’S DEATH The operator of an unlicensed day care center agreed Tuesday to spend a year in jail for improperly giving medicine to a -month-old girl and failing to summon help when the child stopped breathing.Aline Marcelin, , was charged with child manslaughter for the death of Marissa Cadet, who was being treated for bronchitis when her father dropped her off at Marcelin’s home in suburban West Palm Beach. The father, Denis Cadet, gave Marcelin a nebulizer to administer… . STATE WOMAN SUES MAKER OF TAINTED DRUG CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED IN RURAL ALABAMA COULD HAVE FAR-REACHING RAMIFICATIONS Martha Mack – who lives in rural South Alabama between the towns of Opp and Kinston _ had lung problems that required medication.As her lung capacity fell to percent, she grew weaker. Doctors told her they didn’t know what was wrong, said Andalusia lawyer Earl Johnson. “”The doctors were mystified what her problem was.” Early this year, Mrs. Mack learned that her medication have been harming her. Her inhaler drug -… asthma inhalers shift to new type by end of month By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON Last warning Asthma inhalers go “green” on Dec. , forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch.The medicine inside these rescue inhalers – the albuterol that quickly opens airways during an asthma attack – isn’t changing. But the chemicals used to puff that drug into your lungs are.No more chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, that damage… . LOCAL QS award LEOMINSTER – AlphaGary Corp., a producer of vinyl and thermoplastic elastomer compounds, announced that in addition to its ISO quality registration it also has acquired QS registration, a quality system recognized by Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Corp. and General Motors Corp. Robert N. Gingue, AlphaGary’s managing director, said the new registration shows the company has gone beyond the ISO requirement of having a well-defined quality system.Asthma… . , The New year brings new inhalers Old devices powered by CFCs The new year brings change to Albuterol asthma inhalers, an alteration in the drug’s content as well as a steep increase in price. Local pharmacies say they have worked to prepare patients to get used to the new devices.”We sold by the st,” Manuel Rodriguez, lead technician at the Lawrence Brothers Pharmacy, said. Unlike some pharmacies across the country, Lawrence Brothers still had a few of the old inhalers in stock toward the end of . Some… . TAINTED ASTHMA SOLUTION RECALLED Generic drug company Copley Pharmaceutical Inc. of Canton, Mass., said WednesDAY, it is recalling millions of vials of an inhalation solution widely used by asthma patients. It said some of its -milliliter Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution was contaminated by microbial organisms. Albuterol is a bronchodilator medication sold under various brand labels.dl MAP showing… . Drying up drug supply, Change in asthma inhalers could make them hard to find Asthma sufferers who rely on fast-acting “rescue inhalers” soon be scrambling to find the gadgets that help quell their sudden, agonizing attacks.The inhalers, which propel medicine into users’ airways, are in short supply at some hospitals and pharmacies in Tarrant County and across the country. And their availability is expected to worsen, as drugmakers make a switch from the traditional devices to inhalers that are more environmentally… . New York Times, The COMPANY NEWS COPLEY PHARMACEUTICAL EXPECTS TO TAKE A CHARGE Copley Pharmaceutical Inc. said yesterday that it expected to take a charge of million to million in the third quarter to cover the initial costs of settling claims relating to its generic drug albuterol. On Tuesday, Copley, which is based in Canton, Mass., admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay up to million to settle lawsuits that contended that bacterial contamination of albuterol, an asthma drug, killed or harmed some users. Copley said that its insurers would cover most costs… . New York Times, The COMPANY NEWS IVAX IS APPROVED BY F.D.A. ON GENERIC ASTHMA DRUG The Ivax Corporation has received Federal approval to sell a generic form of the most commonly used version of the asthma drug albuterol in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration approval is for a small canister, called a metered dose aerosol inhaler, that delivers albuterol into the mouth when the user squeezes it and inhales. The brand-name version of the product is called Ventolin Inhalation Aerosol and is sold by Glaxo Wellcome P.L.C.’s Allen & Hanburys… –