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The metered dose inhaler, also known as the pump inhaler, has been the main treatment for lung problems such as asthma since it was first sold in the 1950s.

A year ago the government ordered a big change in asthma inhalers. The propellant used to force the medication out of the inhaler was changed to a more environmentally safe chemical.

Asthma medications should be delivered by inhalation whenever possible. The rationale for using the inhaled route is that medication is deposited directly in the airways, resulting in a more rapid onset of action, effectiveness, with much smaller doses, and fewer systemic side effects.

Dr. Li is chair of the Division of Allergic Diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine and a board-certified asthma and allergy specialist.

According to the Walmart Pharmacy Website for their $4 prescription plan , Walmart has a HFA albuterol inhaler for sale for $9. This would be a significant cost reduction compared to currently available rescue inhalers since the CFC to HFA transition.

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Carol Ann McKinnon and two of her three children suffer from asthma they say is aggravated by mould growing in the basement of their building.

Four-year-old Paulina was the sickest child with asthma that Dr. Scott Cohen had ever seen.

EMS is called to the house of a 12-year-old male patient in severe respiratory distress.

According to a news release from the University of Dundee , a common asthma inhaler may increase risk of asthma attacks in a small group of children.

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Australia has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world and many of those patients are children.

Thousands of asthmatic children may be getting little benefit from the most commonly used inhaler in the UK.

According to several newspapers, the inhaled drug Ventolin may not work for one in ten children with asthma.

With two years remaining until ozone-depleting nonprescription epinephrine inhalers must come off the market, FDA is seeking an effective way to inform those who purchase the products that they need to find an alternative remedy for asthma symptoms.

Common asthma reliever drugs taken by millions of children around the world may increase the risk of asthma attacks in some patients with a particular genetic make-up, British scientists said on Tuesday.

The most commonly used inhaler in Britain may fail to prevent asthma attacks in more than 100,000 children carrying a gene mutation, research in Brighton has suggested.

Months after a federal ban went into effect outlawing a propellant used in most rescue inhalers, some asthma sufferers insist that the replacement inhalers don't work and might even be harmful.

President Barack Obama deflects criticism that his health-care plan will bring on government rationing of medical care by arguing that insurance companies ration care.

Months after a federal ban went into effect outlawing a propellant used in most rescue inhalers, some asthma sufferers insist that the replacement inhalers don't work and might even be harmful.

A warning tonight about stolen respiratory medicines. The Food and Drug Administration says...people should be watchful for stolen two respiratory inhalation solutions Albuterol Sulfate - 0.083 percent and Ipratropium Bromide - 0.02 percent.