GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people manage their asthma with an inhaler — but they may not be using it correctly. Studies show that nearly 90% of patients with an inhaler make at least one ...
Dr. Roach shares a link to a video, but having your doctor watch you use it is the best way to verify you're doing it right.
Some people with asthma need to use multiple inhaled medicines each day to keep their symptoms under control. The approval of long-acting, combination inhalers that contain more than one medicine is ...
What to do when a patient’s asthma control deteriorates after switching to a more environmentally friendly, or ‘greener’, ...
Unless they have been taught how to use their dry-powder inhalers, patients may not be getting any medication, a German pulmonologist reports. Siegfried Wieshammer, MD, studied 224 consecutive asthma ...
Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol) is a prescription drug that helps prevent and treat breathing difficulties from sudden airway tightness. The drug comes as an aerosol inhaler. It’s usually used every 4 to 6 ...
Some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need to use multiple inhaled medicines each day to control their symptoms. Long-acting combination inhalers that contain more than one ...
Medics have warned that some asthma sufferers using blue inhalers could be putting their health at risk. More than seven million Brits are living with asthma, according to Asthma and Lung UK. An ...