Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications, but you didn't tell us how to ...

Several major manufacturing plants for the asthma and respiratory drug Albuterol have shut down, possibly worsening an already-flaring shortage of the medication that has forced hospitals to devise ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Key Takeaways Asthma action plans help maintain good asthma control by outlining ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Key Takeaways Asthma inhalers can be for quick relief or long-term control.Rescue inhalers work by relaxing your airway muscles to help you breathe better.People ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- An ongoing shortage of a medicine commonly used to treat people with breathing problems is expected to get worse after a major supplier to US hospitals shut down last week, CNN ...

Starting Saturday, the cost of inhalers will fall for many Americans, as new out-of-pocket price caps go into effect for the asthma medications from AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim. Following ...

If you're having an asthma attack, you assume that with each puff of your inhaler you are getting relief. But, in many cases, it seems inhalers are being used long after they have run out of ...

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, ...

Cole Schmidtknecht was 22 when he died of an asthma attack. The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, are suing his medical insurance company and pharmacy after he died of an asthma attack, allegedly due ...