Asthma causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making it harder to breathe. Symptoms may include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. These symptoms can vary in ...

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 ...

For many children, asthma can be a constant specter, with attacks at the most inconvenient and terrifying times. New research has now found that one inhaler containing two drugs can cut the risk of ...

Findings from a trial comparing the real-world effectiveness of asthma inhalers could reshape how children with asthma are treated. In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a ...

Active ingredient: Ciclesonide 80 µg/inhalation, 160 µg/inhalation; metered-dose inhaler. Indication: Maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy in patients >12 years of age. Pharmacology ...

Analysis finds modest benefit that researchers say warrants formulary changes ...

The cost profile of single maintenance and reliever therapy, also known as SMART or single-inhaler therapy, was “favorable” compared with traditional asthma therapy, according to data published in ...

Findings from a trial comparing the real-world effectiveness of asthma inhalers could reshape how children with asthma are treated. In the first randomised controlled trial to investigate the use of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With $31 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, researchers will investigate ...

The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half. I’m a health law professor at Villanova University, where I study whether patients can get the medicines they ...