Asthma treatment

http://www.healasthma.com – . Asian News International (New Delhi, India) – Caffeine help reduce exercise-induced asthma symptoms Washington, (ANI) Intake of caffeine within an hour of exercise can reduce the symptoms of exercise-induced asthma (EIA), according to a study.In the study, researchers at Indiana University found that a large dose — milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight — was as effective as the use of an albuterol inhaler, which is commonly used to treat or prevent exercise-induced asthma. Smaller amounts of caffeine-for example, and milligrams of caffeine per… . Switch to �green’ asthma inhalers raises possibility of hoarding, cutting back ST. LOUIS – With the year drawing close, people who suffer from asthma and other respiratory ailments only have a few days before the last of the inhalers that use ozone-depleting chemical disappear from pharmacy shelves and are replaced with new “green” devices. Because the new devices are more expensive, the switch has raised the possibility of last-minute hoarding. It has also triggered concerns that the added expense of the new inhalers – which could cost… . Daily Post (San Francisco, CA) – Green inhalers % costlier Asthma inhalers will cost signi fi cantly more as they go “green” in the United States on Dec. , under an international agreement.The medicine inside these rescue inhalers – albuterol, which quickly opens airways during an asthma attack – is not changing.The chemicals used to puff the drug into the lungs are. No more chloro fl uorocarbons, or CFCs, which allegedly damage Earth’s protective ozone layer. By year’s end, all albuterol… . NO BREATHING ROOM Rules intended to protect the environment are forcing asthma patients to turn to a different emergency inhaler.But the switch doesn’t come cheap, and asthma sufferers say they aren’t getting the same burst of medicine and relief that they got before.The Food and Drug Administration is phasing out the albuterol inhalers that use chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, to propel the medicine into the lungs, in favor of the environmentally conscious hydrofluoroalkane, or… Does she need all these drugs? DEAR DR. GOTT I would like your opinion about the drugs my -year-old daughter has been prescribed. These include Xenical, Lipitor, Paxil, thyroxine, Axcid, Protonix, Neurontin, Cardizem, fish oil, Serevent, Flovent and Albuterol. This seems like a lot to me. Are all these drugs compatible with one another?DEAR READER I don’t know, but I’d certainly be suspicious that the interactions between these prescriptions could cause problems. Also, I note that she is… . Some herbal remedies can be dangerous Dear Dr. Donohue I hear lots of talk about the dangers of ephedra and ephedrine as stimulants and diet pills, but are they still considered safe in asthma medicines? My husband uses an albuterol inhaler and takes Advair Diskus daily. Should we be concerned about those medications?.. – C.V.Ephedrine and ephedra are similar compounds. Ephedrine is synthesized in laboratories. Ephedra comes from the ephedra plant and is an herbal remedy.Both are stimulants and expand airways…. . The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City) – Herbal remedy can be dangerous Dear Dr. Donohue I hear lots of talk about the dangers of ephedra and ephedrine as stimulants and diet pills, but are they still considered safe in asthma medicines? My husband uses an albuterol inhaler and takes Advair Diskus daily. Should we be concerned about those medications? – C.V. Answer Ephedrine and ephedra are similar compounds. Ephedrine is synthesized in laboratories. Ephedra comes from the ephedra plant and is an herbal remedy. Both are stimulants. Both expand… . THE ORLANDO SENTINEL – SOME ASTHMA INHALERS HAVE NO MEDICINE NEW YORK – Schering-Plough Corp. said Wednesday that it is recalling some of its prescription asthma drugs because they not work. The recall includes the Proventil and Warrick brands of inhalation aerosols, generic albuterol inhalers, and various doses of Vanceril inhalers made from Sept. , to Sept. , . The company said that because of manufacturing problems it identified last year some of the inhalers not contain any active medicine. Asthma patients who are using… . (Madison, WI) – STUDY MEASURES DRUG FOR ASTHMA Americans spend more than billion a year treating asthma, but researchers aren’t yet sure how best to spend that money.“The degree and manner in which to treat mild asthma is an incredibly hot is sue right now,” said Dr. Robert Lemanske, head of the Pediatric Asthma Center at the UW Chil dren’s Hospital in Madi son.“The question essen tially boils down to regu lar drug treatment vs. symptomatic… Better news for asthmatics Although you not realize it, they’re everywhere. They look like other children and even play like other children, but they’re different. They’re children suffering from asthma a chronic, obstructive disease of the bronchial tubes, which supply air to the lungs.In the United States, nearly -million children suffer from asthma. In Florida alone, asthma strikes more than children. During an asthma attack the muscle surrounding these… –