U.S. health care providers should begin issuing replacement prescriptions now for patients with asthma that use Primatene Mist (Armstrong Pharmaceuticals Inc.), the FDA advises. The only ...
In an effort to plant a talking point in the next Republican presidential debate prevent damage to the ozone layer, the Obama administration will order the phase-out of an over-the-counter asthma ...
Primatene Mist, the only over-the-counter asthma inhaler sold in the United States, will no longer be available after Dec. 31, 2011 because it uses chlorofluorcarbons (CFCs), a substance that depletes ...
WASHINGTON -- Asthma sufferers may not be able to buy non-prescription inhalers much longer because the devices contain propellants that harm the ozone layer. An advisory panel voted 11-7 on Tuesday ...
Asthma medication is most commonly dispensed via an inhaler (more info on inhaler options in just a minute). This is because inhaling these drugs allows them to directly interact with your airways (as ...
Connected inhaler sensor maker Adherium has received 510(k) clearance for US over-the-counter sales of its Hailie sensor, formerly known as Smartinhaler. Specifically, individual versions of the ...
Editor's note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Flovent, ...
For at least the past month, Primatene Mist, the remedy of last resort for asthmatic New Yorkers–particularly for those without health insurance–has been all but impossible to obtain in the five ...
Smart inhaler company Adherium announced last week that it has received 510(k) clearance for over-the-counter sales of its inhaler monitoring device for AstraZeneca’s Symbicort aerosol inhaler, called ...