Albuterol (generic), Ventolin, Proventil News

The albuterol inhalers used by millions of people to help them breathe are having unhealthy consequences on the environment.

Starting January 1, the FDA is banning inhalers that harm the environment. But an asthma advocacy group is concerned the new green inhalers may not be as effective.

Starting January first, the FDA is banning inhalers that harm the environment. But a California asthma advocacy group is concerned the new green inhalers may not be as effective.

A few days ago, I was dining with some South African friends who told me the sad tale of a friend of a friend in Zimbabwe: He had asthma, like a lot of people live with, but could not afford the simple ...

Saturday, June 28, 2008 By Amer Malik LAHORE VARIOUS life-saving and essential drugs have disappeared from markets since the beginning of 2008 adding to the woes of patients.

Summertime, and the living is hardly easy for asthma sufferers in metro Atlanta.

"...Your inhaler may be changing." This is the quasi-advertising slug that has been making the medical community rounds for the past year or so.

When Andrea McClellan of Wichita switched asthma inhalers earlier this year, she felt as if the new one didn't work.

Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year's end - and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer ...

Fears of ozone depletion and the purported health effects of that should be soothed somewhat with knowledge that the CFC containing bronchodilator inhalers will be outlawed in December 2008.

The US Food and Drug Administration decided recently that inhalers that use Chlorofluorocarbons must be phased out because they damage the ozone layer.

Student athletes who suffer potentially deadly asthma attacks should be treated on the playing field with a lifesaving nebulizer, according to a Long Island, N.Y., doctor who is championing an effort he hopes ...

HAPPY HOME: Jane Thompson reads for her daughter Molly Thompson-McVicar. Asthma sufferer Molly Thompson-McVicar used to be a regular at Starship's emergency department.

If you still use an albuterol inhaler propelled by chloroflourocarbons, take a deep breath and get ready to switch to an ozone-friendly version.

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Article Date: 03 Jun 2008 - 5:00 PDT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory to alert patients, caregivers and health care professionals to ...

Millions of asthma patients and their healthcare providers don't know that at the end of this year, their life-saving medications will be gone.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory that chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC-propelled inhalers will not be available next year.

Asthma inhalers that contain the drug albuterol to relax the airways also contain chemicals that harm the ozone layer.

The Associated Press Friday, May 30, 2008; 11:16 AM WASHINGTON -- Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will quit selling at year's end _ and the government is urging patients ...

By BDN Staff Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - Bangor Daily News As Americans, we are taught to think that a free market is good because it keeps prices low.