More children stopped using steroid inhalers to control their asthma after GlaxoSmithKline withdrew Flovent from the market. Adobe stock/HealthDay More children stopped using steroid inhalers to ...

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Parents nationwide are scrambling to find alternatives for their asthma medication. One of the most commonly prescribed steroid inhalers, Flovent, is no longer being made in ...

For many years, the standard treatment for asthma was an inhaler with a medication called albuterol. Only if that wasn’t enough would additional medicines be added. If symptoms became especially bad, ...

Children and adults with asthma that is severe or poorly controlled are at greater risk of hospitalization with COVID-19, a major study shows. Early treatment with a medication commonly used to treat ...

Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at ...

Dear Dr. Gott: In a recent column, you advised asthmatics to use an inhaler for relief of symptoms, yet you failed to recommend steroid inhalers for prevention. As an asthmatic, I am now on Singulair ...

Dear Dr. Donohue — My daughter started smoking as a teen. Twenty years later, she developed asthma. Two years ago, she stopped smoking and her asthma worsened. I do not recommend stopping aspirin ...

Asthma flares can strike when allergens are high or after an illness, and many people with the condition want to know how they can manage symptoms and when to adjust medications. Asthma flares can ...

A new study has found that using biologic therapy to reduce lung inflammation enabled 92% of people with severe asthma to reduce their dose of daily inhaled steroid without exacerbating their symptoms ...