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 from ...

A popular corticosteroid inhaler used to treat asthma and other conditions is being discontinued, and despite generic versions now available, health experts are warning patients to plan ahead for ...

What type of asthma inhaler is right for you? In the U.S., 25 million people are affected by asthma. That's roughly 1 in 13 adults and children. Asthma can be mild or severe. Some people with asthma ...

Flovent, a popular corticosteroid inhaler used to treat asthma, is no longer available. The global manufacturer, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), announced in May that the medications — Flovent HFA, a metered ...

In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a 2-in-1 inhaler as the sole reliever therapy for children aged 5 to 15, an international team found the combined treatment to be ...

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, ...

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 an ...

Most of us take breathing for granted, doing so more than 28 000 times a day without a second thought. For someone living with poorly controlled asthma, every breath is a struggle. Waking up at night ...

Senators on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee said Monday that they’ve started an investigation into the price of widely used asthma inhalers made by four pharmaceutical companies, ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and a group of Senate Democrats on Monday announced an investigation into the high costs of asthma inhalers. Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and ...