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ATK: Pepper spray can have deadly effect on asthma sufferers
Today’s Zaman Eyewitnesses to the fight stated that Birben told police officers that he suffered from asthma and asked them to not use pepper spray. Dr. Emrah Uluda?, from Yalova State Hospital, told reporters at the time that Birben had died due to the pepper spray … |
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Home remediation in low-income housing shows significant effect on childhood …
Science Codex Children with asthma living in low-income, urban public housing had significantly fewer visits to the emergency department (ED), less use of rescue medication, and less disrupted sleep with a program that combines home repairs to reduce asthma triggers … |
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Home remediation in low-income housing shows significant effect on childhood …
EurekAlert (press release) 4, 2015 — Children with asthma living in low-income, urban public housing had significantly fewer visits to the emergency department (ED), less use of rescue medication, and less disrupted sleep with a program that combines home repairs to reduce … |
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Beliefs about medication predict the misattribution of a common symptom as a medication side effect – Evidence from an analogue online study.
J Psychosom Res. 2015 Oct 13;
Authors: Heller MK, Chapman SC, Horne R
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Some perceived medication side effects may be ‘normal’ symptoms that patients misattribute to the medication. Using an analogue approach, we tested if medication beliefs predict whether participants misattribute a headache as a side effect and subsequently intend to stop medication.
METHODS: We recruited 690 participants, 223 reporting a past asthma diagnosis. They received information about asthma and Molair, a fictitious asthma treatment modeled on a licensed treatment (montelukast). We varied the description of efficacy and side effects (which did not include headache). Pre-exposure to this information, participants completed the Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire (BMQ)-General and the Perceived Sensitivity to Medicines Scale (PSM), post-exposure they completed the BMQ-Specific. Participants were asked to imagine they experienced a headache while taking Molair. Finally, they rated whether the headache was a side effect (misattribution) and if they would stop taking Molair (behavioral intention).
RESULTS: Nearly a quarter (170) of participants misattributed the headache to Molair and 69 (10%) subsequently intended to stop Molair. Both outcomes were predicted by general and specific medication beliefs. Odds of misattribution (m) and behavioral intention (i) increased with higher General Harm (ORm=1.90, ORi=2.72), General Overuse (ORm=1.74, ORi=1.56) and Molair Concern beliefs (ORm=1.52, ORi=1.78, all p<.01), but decreased with General Benefit (ORm=0.72, ORi=0.53) and Molair Necessity beliefs (ORm=0.72, ORi=0.70, all p<.05).
CONCLUSION: Symptom misattribution and subsequent intentions to stop Molair were predicted by pre-exposure beliefs about medicines in general and post-exposure beliefs about Molair. Patients with negative medication beliefs may be prone to misattribute symptoms and subsequently stop medication.
PMID: 26519128 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Drug: beclomethasone; Drug: fluticasone
Sponsor: University of Virginia
Not yet recruiting – verified October 2015
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Inhaled Steroids Exacerbate Pollution's Effect on Asthma
Medscape Inhaled corticosteroids cannot adequately protect children with asthma from high levels of air pollution and may actually exacerbate the effects of pollutants, caution investigators in a clinical study. The authors found that both long-term and short … |
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Inhaled Steroids Exacerbate Pollution's Effect on Asthma – Medscape
Medscape Inhaled corticosteroids cannot adequately protect children with asthma from high levels of air pollution and may actually exacerbate the effects of pollutants, caution investigators in a clinical study. The authors found that both long-term and short … |
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Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Drug: Fluticasone furoate; Drug: Placebo; Drug: Salbutamol
Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline
Not yet recruiting – verified July 2015
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Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Asthma in the Morbidly Obese – Medscape
Medscape Background The pathogenesis of asthma in obese subjects is poorly understood and has been described as a specific phenotype in these patients. Weight loss improves asthma control and lung function. Whether this improvement is the result of better … |
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Table 2. Effect of bariatric surgery on lung function
Medscape Background The pathogenesis of asthma in obese subjects is poorly understood and has been described as a specific phenotype in these patients. Weight loss improves asthma control and lung function. Whether this improvement is the result of better … |
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