Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – . M Equitybites – Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc receives approval for generic DuoNeb from FDA Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc (NYSE WPI), a speciality pharmaceutical company, reported on the receipt of final approval from the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ipratropium Bromide and Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution in the . mg/ mg strength. Watson Pharmaceuticals said products will be launched with immediate effect.The company claimed the Ipratropium Bromide and… Cough indicates need for removal of mucus KID CARE Q. My -year-old son has been coughing for two months. I also have been coughing, and the doctor said I was wheezing and had asthmatic bronchitis. He gave me an antibiotic and two inhalers, one was a steroid and the other was albuterol, which he said to use only if I got worse. I have never heard of asthmatic bronchitis and was concerned about the diagnosis and my son’s cough, since the cough medicine doesn’t seem to help. I feel much better since taking the antibiotic… Study Drug cuts hospitalization need in kids with asthma attacks Adding another medicine to the traditional two-drug treatment for severe childhood asthma attacks substantially reduces the need to hospitalize sufferers, a study found. Researchers examined the effect of adding ipratropium bromide to the standard emergency room therapy for asthma attacks, albuterol and steroids.The result was a percent drop in the need for hospitalization, according to the study in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. The combination… . Los Angeles Times – Trainer to Appeal -Day Suspension Darrell Vienna, the trainer who doubles as an attorney, said Monday an appeal would be filed with the California Horse Racing Board after the Del Mar stewards suspended trainer Mike Harrington for days for a positive drug test earlier this year.Albuterol, a bronchial dilator, aids horses who have breathing problems. It is not permitted to appear in post-race tests at a level exceeding one nanogram, which is a billionth of a gram.The stewards also ruled that Harrington and owner… . Sun-Sentinel – BRITAIN OKS ASTHMA DEVICE Ivax Corp. said it won approval from regulators in the United Kingdom to sell a generic asthma drug in a device that is activated when the asthma patient inhales.The patented device is being rolled out after a half-dozen years of research and development by Ivax’s U.K. subsidiary, Norton Healthcare. In , the first approval of the breath-activated device was received for beclomethasone. The latest approval was for albuterol.Ivax spokesman Joe Jones said that… . FDA Time for asthma patients to switch inhalers associated press WASHINGTON – Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year’s end – and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.Patients use inhalers to dispense airway-relaxing albuterol during asthma attacks.Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, once were widely used to propel the drug into the lungs. But CFC-containing consumer products are being phased out… . Orlando Sentinel, The Inhalers give Earth a breath of fresh air The new devices use a different propellant to deliver drugs to patients’ airways. WASHINGTON — Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year’s end — and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.Patients use inhalers to dispense airway-relaxing albuterol during asthma attacks.Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, once were widely used to propel the drug into the lungs. But CFC-containing consumer products are being phased out… FDA Time for asthma patients to switch inhalers Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year’s end — and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives. Patients use inhalers to dispense airway-relaxing albuterol during asthma attacks.Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, once were widely used to propel the drug into the lungs. But CFC-containing consumer products are being phased out because CFCs… . (Riverside, CA) – Stewards fine, suspend Dollase Trainer Craig Dollase, best known for winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint with Reraise, was fined , and suspended for days by Del Mar stewards after one of his horses from the Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting tested positive for an excessive amount of albuterol.Abby Girl, who won the , Railbird Stakes on tested positive for more than one nanogram, the maximum allowed in a post-race test.Albuterol often is used as an aid to horses with breathing… Study Drug cuts hospitalization need in kids with asthma attacks Adding another medicine to the traditional two-drug treatment for severe childhood asthma attacks substantially reduces the need to hospitalize sufferers, according to a study published today. Researchers examined the effect of adding ipratropium bromide to the standard emergency room therapy for asthma attacks, albuterol and steroids.The result was a percent drop in the need for hospitalization, according to the study in today’s New England Journal of… –