Topic: Food and Drug Administration
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One class of drugs used to prevent wheezing and shortness of breath in people with asthma may increase kids' risk of being hospitalized for an asthma attack, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Food and ...
(Reuters) - Health officials are banning the only asthma inhaler sold over the counter in the United States starting from next year to prevent the use of products that harm the environment.The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) ...
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have ordered drugmakers to conduct clinical trials involving a total of 53,000 patients to test the safety of a controversial class of inhaled asthma drugs that are already on the market.The trials are being required ...
Rarely occurring, but of importance, are allergic reactions of paradoxical bronchospasm , urticaria , angioedema , hypotension , and collapse , whilst high doses may cause hypokalaemia (low potassium levels), especially in patients with renal failure and those on certain diuretics and ...
Have you ever wondered just how safe your asthma medications really are? For instance, you can turn on your shower and inhale the steam from the water which will help open your lungs and air passages. Studies have even shown that active ...
For many years, the only available treatment option for bronchial asthma , particularly?when poorly controlled and?frequently?exacerbated, was the medical treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and long acting beta agonists. In a recently concluded clinical trial, the researchers were able to test a novel ...
Having an allergic reaction to sulfites can be a very harrowing experience with your throat closing up, having an asthma attack or just experiencing stomach pain and not feeling well. According to the FDA one in every one hundred people have allergic ...
Less CFC's in our environment, means less destruction of our precious Ozone layers. The FDA or food and drug administration is working to phase out CFC inhalers by December 31, 2008. CFC's are bad for our environment leading to destruction of our ...
Asthma is aserious condition which involves the body?s adverse reaction to irritants thatare floating in the air. While irritants may be the number one cause of flareups, asthma attacks can also be triggered by climate changes, the food that oneeats, and even ...
Pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis is pleased to announce the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Aridol (mannitol inhalation powder) Bronchial Challenge Test Kit for marketing. Aridol offers a new type of test with improved levels of convenience and efficiency and we ...
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