Once Asthma is Under Control, Should LABA Tx Be Stopped? – Monthly Prescribing Reference (registration)

Once Asthma is Under Control, Should LABA Tx Be Stopped?
Monthly Prescribing Reference (registration)
Long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA) are often prescribed to adults with asthma not well controlled by inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment but may carry an increased risk of serious adverse events and mortality. An article in the Cochrane Library

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50 year-old asthma study once again bound for Aberdeen school bags – Medical Xpress


Medical Xpress

50 year-old asthma study once again bound for Aberdeen school bags
Medical Xpress
"Questions on asthma, eczema and hayfever were included in the questionnaire which went to pupils aged primary five to primary seven. Such conditions were thought to be relevant to education because in those days children with bad asthma were sent to …

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Asthma Drug Helps Desensitize People To Multiple Food Allergens At Once – RedOrbit


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Asthma Drug Helps Desensitize People To Multiple Food Allergens At Once
RedOrbit
New research from Stanford University and Johns Hopkins Medical School has shown that an asthma drug can be used to help desensitize people to several food allergens all at once, according to a new report in the journal Allergy, Asthma & Clinical 
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Babies given Calpol just once a month ‘are five times as likely to develop asthma’ – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Babies given Calpol just once a month 'are five times as likely to develop asthma'
Daily Mail
Children who are given Calpol are far more likely to develop asthma, a major study has found. Those given the medicine once a month are five times more at risk while even having it just once a year increases the chances by 70 per cent. Over the past 50 

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A Triad Doctor Proves Once And For All If A Temperature Swing Can Make You Sick. – WFMY News 2

A Triad Doctor Proves Once And For All If A Temperature Swing Can Make You Sick.
WFMY News 2
Dr. Elmahdy said you can get sick from a change in temperature if you already have a health condition like allergies or asthma. "It's the people with allergy and asthma who suffer more and we get a lot of sinus infections or presumed sinus infections

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A Randomised, Double- Blind, Placebo Controlled, Cross-over Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Tiotropium 5 µg Once Daily and Tiotropium 2.5 µg Twice Daily for Four Weeks in Patients With Moderate Persistent Asthma

Condition:   Asthma
Interventions:   Drug: Placebo;   Drug: Tiotropium 5 µg q.d.;   Drug: Tiotropium 2.5 µg b.i.d.
Sponsors:   Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals;   Pfizer
Recruiting – verified September 2010

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Evaluation of Tiotropium 2.5 and 5 Mcg Once Daily Delivered Via the Respimat® Inhaler Compared to Placebo and Salmeterol HydroFluoroAlkane (HFA) Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) (50 Mcg Twice Daily) in Patient With Moderate Persistent Asthma II

Condition:   Asthma
Interventions:   Drug: 50 mcg salmeterol HFA MDI;   Drug: placebo;   Drug: 5 mcg tiotropium Respimat®;   Drug: 2.5 mcg tiotropium Respimat®
Sponsors:   Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals;   Pfizer
Recruiting – verified September 2010

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