Asthma treatment

571. MondayMorning – November 21, 2007 MondayMorning for 1999 September 27 Nov. 21, 2007 ( MondayMorning delivered by Newstex) — Monday, September 27, 1999 / No. 344 MondayMorning Weekly Electronic Business Update for Health Industry Executives Monday, September 27, 1999 / No. 344 ©1999 MedContent, Inc / All Rights Reserved MondayMorning Monday, September 27, 1999 / No. 344 TOP STORIES MedImmune to Merge with US Bioscience. In a move to facilitate its entry into the oncology market, MedImmune Inc. (Gaithersburg MD), one of the few ….. – June 25, 2006 Rx for mix-ups: No written prescriptions Few would argue against a new state law that says prescriptions no longer can be written in cursive and instead must be hand-printed, typed or printed by a computer. Doctors’ bad handwriting has been the butt of jokes, and a state study a few years ago showed that more than 20 percent of prescriptions were illegible. But a medication mix-up is no laughing matter. And many of the thousands of drugs on the market have similar names, though they do wildly different things ….. . FD (FAIR DISCLOSURE) WIRE – April 27, 2006 Event Brief of Q1 2006 CuraGen Corporation Earnings Conference Call – Final PARTICIPANTS. Glenn Schulman, CuraGen Corporation, Investor Relations. Frank Armstrong, CuraGen Corporation, President, CEO. Chris McLeod, 454 Life Sciences, President, CEO. Dave Wurzer, CuraGen Corporation, EVP, CFO. Tim Shannon, CuraGen Corporation, EVP of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer. Morty Schnur, BNP Paribas, Analyst. John Wesley, Analyst. William Ho, Piper Jaffray & Co. , Analyst. Grant Zein, Analyst OVERVIEW CRGN ….. (FL) – April 4, 2006 PREDNISONE ONLY ONE OF MANY ASTHMA DRUGS DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My wife has had asthma since 1998. She weighed 130 pounds then. She has been on prednisone for a few years, and her weight has gone up to 174 and it is all in her middle. Is there anything besides prednisone that would work for her? — M. D. ANSWER: Asthma makes people’s airways (bronchi) very sensitive to the slightest irritation. If they breathe things that wouldn’t bother the rest of us, their airways constrict, and that makes the passage of ….. (CA) – April 4, 2006 Alternative asthma medications are available Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife has had asthma since 1998. She weighed 130 pounds then. She has been on prednisone for a few years, and her weight has gone up to 174 and it is all in her middle. Is there anything besides prednisone that would work for her? – M. D. Dear M. D. : Asthma makes people’s airways (bronchi) very sensitive to the slightest irritation. If they breathe things that wouldn’t bother the rest of us, their airways constrict, and that makes the passage of air ….. – August 12, 2005 Cause of hives often not found Dear Dr. Donohue: I have had hives for almost three years. They pop up anywhere on my body. Sometimes my hands swell, too. I have seen a dermatologist, an allergist and a rheumatologist. Nothing has worked so far. Do you have any ideas? – D. F. Allergies, medicines such as ACE inhibitors and anti-inflammatory drugs, thyroid-gland disorders, parasite infections and illnesses like lupus are some of the hidden causes of recurrent crops of hives. You have seen three specialists, all of whom are ….. – August 12, 2005 Cause of chronic hives often can’t be detected DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had hives for almost three years. They pop up anywhere on my body. Sometimes my hands swell, too. I have seen a dermatologist, an allergist and a rheumatologist. Nothing has worked so far. Do you have any ideas? — D. F. Allergies, medicines such as ACE inhibitors and anti-inflammatory drugs, thyroid-gland disorders, parasite infections and illnesses like lupus are some of the hidden causes of recurrent crops of hives. You have seen three specialists, all of whom are ….. (TX) – April 17, 2005 Study: Lessen asthma drug use Mild cases may not need daily steroid doses, new research shows An estimated 4 million adults in the United States with a mild form of asthma may not need to take daily steroid doses, but can instead use the drug only as needed to control symptoms, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The change would make drug use more convenient, minimize side effects from the powerful drugs and possibly save the nation as much as $2 billion per year. The study results, published last week in the New England Journal …. Daily Press (Newport News, VA) – April 14, 2005 RELIEF FOR ASTHMATICS DAILY STEROID DOSES MAY BE UNNECESSARY A study says some adults could take medication only when symptoms flare up. An estimated 4 million adults in the United States with a mild form of asthma may not need to take daily steroid doses but can instead use the drug only as needed to control symptoms, according to a new study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The change would make medication use more convenient, minimize side effects from the powerful drugs and possibly save the nation as much as $2 billion per ….. (PA) – April 14, 2005 Asthma drugs getting scrutiny, A study shows that adults with a mild form of the disease may not need daily doses, which is the standard treatment. The recommendation that adults with mild asthma take medication every day to control the disease might be unnecessary, a new study suggests. Patients with mild persistent asthma who went without inhaled steroids or other daily medication had no more frequent asthma flare-ups than and had equally good lung function as patients who used the drugs. The study, which included patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, calls into question treatment guidelines issued in 1997 by a ….