Asthma + Lung UK says more needs to be done to prevent the overuse of inhalers.

Rescue inhalers only work as well as the people who use them. And patients with asthma are much better at using their inhalers when medical professionals offer interactive, hands-on instruction, ...

Concerns over health care’s carbon footprint typically revolve around issues like overly-air-conditioned hospitals and single-use medical supply waste. But researchers like Stanford University’s ...

A major pharmaceutical company ended price hikes and monopoly protection over a life-saving asthma inhaler following two ...

If you're one of those people with asthma who's tired of rummaging for the inhaler rolling around in the bottom of your purse, backpack or gym bag, you'll be excited to know one company is working on ...

BOSTON – Families have been left scrambling in recent months after a lifesaving asthma inhaler was taken off the market at the beginning of the year. Flovent HFA and Flovent Diskus, treatments that ...

If you have not heard already, one of the most popular inhalers has been discontinued by its manufacturer since January 1. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has stopped producing Flovent, which comes as a metered ...

If you're having an asthma attack, you assume that with each puff of your inhaler you are getting relief. But, in many cases, it seems inhalers are being used long after they have run out of ...

In 2024, doctors and parents scrambled to find an affordable asthma inhaler after drugmaker GSK pulled the popular Flovent off the market. A senator launched an investigation to find out what happened ...

Reviewers examine the consequences of switching to hydrofluoroalkane, which is replacing chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC, as a key ingredient in albuterol inhalers designed to relieve asthma. The FDA has ...