Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-colored inhaler (or "puffer"). This kind of "rescue inhaler" brings quick relief ...

For many years, the standard treatment for asthma was an inhaler with a medication called albuterol. Only if that wasn’t enough would additional medicines be added. If symptoms became especially ...

One of the most widely-used asthma and breathing treatments for over 20 years is being taken off the shelves in 2024, potentially leaving patients, healthcare providers and insurers scrambling ...

Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) announced in May that Flovent HFA, a metered-dose inhaler, as well as Flovent Diskus, a dry powder inhaler, would be discontinued as of Dec. 31, 2023. Experts weigh in.

Warning for asthma patients regarding inhalers 00:26. Flovent, a popular steroid inhaler used to treat and control asthma symptoms in children and adults, is being discontinued next week as its ...

March 15, 2024 Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable − but relief may be on the way The price of an inhaler has jumped from about $10 to nearly $100 over the last 15 years.

Flovent, one of the most commonly prescribed childhood asthma inhalers, is no longer being manufactured in the United States.. This preventative medication is usually taken every day to help keep ...

The trial recruited patients with physician-diagnosed mild to moderate allergic asthma who stopped their usual asthma treatment in the run-in period for 2 to 3 weeks.

Active ingredient: Ciclesonide 80 µg/inhalation, 160 µg/inhalation; metered-dose inhaler. Indication: Maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in patients > 12 years of age.

The Allergy & Asthma Network (AAN) applauds corporate decisions to cap inhaler prices at $35. Two caps are set to take effect June 1. The AAN hopes other drugs will also see price caps.

People with asthma know how important inhalers are, but they are also a source of planet-warming pollution. A new study looks at that impact and what can be done.