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Teva launches asthma treatment inhaler with dose counter
MENAFN.COM Jan 06, 2013 (Menafn – Globes – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. TEVA(tase:TEVA) unit Teva Respiratory has launched its ProAir HFA asthma treatment inhaler with a dose counter for use in … |
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Teva launches asthma treatment inhaler with dose counter
Globes Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) unit Teva Respiratory has launched its ProAir HFA asthma treatment inhaler with a dose counter for use in patients from age four. The inhaler is for the treatment or prevention of … |
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Inhaler spacer devices to treat asthma in children
Nursing Times Drawing on literature searches and professional experience, this article discusses the treatment of asthma with pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs). It demonstrates the need for pMDIs, and presents the health and cost benefits of using a pMDI … |
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Inhaler advice fear for asthma patients
Scotsman MANY health workers do not know how to use inhalers properly and are, therefore, unable to teach asthma patients to care for themselves. a medical journal has claimed. A report in the Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin said: “Many patients cannot use … Healthcare professionals as bad as patients at good respiratory inhaler technique Inhalers 'not being used correctly' |
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Device Stops Asthmatic Kids' Inhaler Woes
MedPage Today Many of these medications can be used with a nebulizer for asthma sufferers who are too sick or young to use an inhaler effectively. But some children show resistance to these administration methods, as detailed in Cota's blog. She's working with a … |
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Study Says Many Asthma Patients May Not Need Daily Steroid Inhaler Use
CBS Local Dr. William Calhoun, a Chester County, Pa. native and now a University of Texas researcher, was lead author of a study that compared three approaches to asthma control. Even though they all worked about the same, he says, one approach reduces the use … |
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Now, asthma inhaler that 'cuts attacks by a fifth'
Indian Express London: Scientists have developed a new drug which they say can reduce the number of asthma attacks by more than 20 per cent, even in patients with severe form of the disease. The finding offers hope to hundreds of thousands of patients who suffer from … |
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Only using an asthma inhaler when having an attack is 'just as effective' as …
Daily Mail 'So we wondered what would happen if people with mild asthma already well controlled by daily treatment with an inhaled corticosteroid instead took a puff only when they used their rescue medication – usually albuterol – for relief of symptoms.' His … Study Proposes New Way to Control Asthma Mild-to-moderate asthma sufferers may not benefit from daily dose of steroids Daily steroids don't help asthma |
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Can some asthma patients skip the daily inhaler?
NBCNews.com (blog) Just about everyone with asthma knows the drill. Take a daily snort of a prescription inhaler filled with a steroid that helps fight inflammation, to prevent trouble. Not everyone actually does this, but patients with mild, persistent asthma know they … Study suggests asthma patients may not need daily steroids Mild asthma patients may not need daily inhaled steroid therapy: study Asthma Inhalers Stunt Growth in Kids? |
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Teva sues Perrigo over ProAir asthma inhaler patents
Globes Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) unit Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D Inc. has filed patent infringement suit with the US District Court for the District of Delaware against Perrigo Company (Nasdaq:PRGO; … |
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