Albuterol

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. Have you tried to access this reduced cost inhaler? ======================= Stay up to date: subscribe to the Asthma newsletter and join the discussion in the Asthma forum. Follow me on...  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised consumers not to use certain respiratory medications purchased after Sept. 8, 2009 and manufactured by Dey L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., because the medications might have been part of a shipment being transported on a tractor-trailer stolen in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 8, 2009. The respiratory medications, Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution, 0.  

FDA is advising consumers not to use certain respiratory medications purchased after Sept. 8, 2009 and manufactured by Dey L.P., a subsidiary of Mylan Inc., because the medications might have been part of a shipment being transported on a tractor-trailer stolen in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 8, 2009.  

MicroDose Therapeutx Inc. (formerly MicroDose Technologies) announced that it has initiated a Phase I study at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with atropine sulfate delivered from the MicroDose proprietary dry powder inhaler (DPI). The study is a further step in the development program for an atropine inhaler to treat nerve agent poisoning in military and civil defense applications.  

According to this report, two commonly used asthma medicines, albuterol and salmeteral, better recognized as Ventolin and Advair, can actually cause some children’s asthma to worsen. The answer lies in the genetic makeup of each child. Scientists have found that children carrying a variant gene invariably have an increased risk of asthma attacks. These findings lead some [...]  

Researchers have developed an optimized mouthpiece design to aid efficient drug delivery to the lungs by reducing the amount of medication wasted as it passes through the mouthpiece of an aerosol inhaler. With current inhaler designs, only approximately 10 to 20 percent of asthma medications are delivered to the lungs.  

Hundreds of thousands of asthmatic children may be getting little benefit from the most commonly used inhaler in the UK, researchers said today. Related StoriesGene discovery is the biggest cancer success in 20 yearsSci-fi wand to tackle tumoursMediterranean diet of vegetables, fruits, nuts and fish keeps depression at bayExperts to show how to prevent deadly outbreak of legionnaires’ disease  

MannKind stunned the diabetic community on Tuesday after reporting in a regulatory filing that it did not foresee entering into a co-marketing agreement for its lead product candidate, the inhaled insulin product AFRESA, before the end of 2009. Prudent business decision by management -- or a sign of Big Pharma's reluctance to invest in inhaled insulin technologies? The company burned through more than $1.4 billion before receiving welcome word...  

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MicroDose Therapeutx Inc. (formerly MicroDose Technologies) today announced that it has initiated a Phase I study at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with atropine sulfate delivered from the MicroDose proprietary dry powder inhaler (DPI). The study is a further step in the development program for an atropine inhaler to treat nerve agent poisoning...  

Washington, Sept 29 (ANI): Scientists from University of Colorado have revealed that inhaling measles vaccine can be more effective in combating the disease that causes 197,000 deaths each year globally. While a liquid vaccine using a hypodermic needle is presently the only way to prevent the disease, they are often difficult to store, costly to transport [...]  

MicroDose Therapeutx Inc. (formerly MicroDose Technologies) today announced that it has initiated a Phase I study at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with atropine sulfate delivered from the MicroDose proprietary dry powder inhaler (DPI). The study is a further step in the development program for an atropine inhaler to treat nerve agent poisoning in military and civil defense applications.  

Asthma inhalers can be lifesaving for some people. Unfortunately, the medication inside an inhaler degrades rapidly once the package is opened. Here's how to avoid using an expired inhaler.Contributor: Kristie Leong M.D.Published: Sep 17, 2009  

Many children who suffer with asthma are using the wrong type of inhaler, new research has shown. The research found that more than one in 10 children with asthma have a gene that makes the Salbutamol inhaler (known as the blue inhaler) ineffective. What  

RTS Life Science has announced it will exhibit at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference, to be held Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 9-11 December 2009.  

Um, what can I say, some inhalers I had lying around that are past their expiry date. Might as well put them to good use.If you are logged in, you can see this sample here