“Be wary of [SABA] overuse. It is for when the patient has poor control of their symptoms, but should not be used for routine treatment,” said Holmes, a general practitioner (GP) partner at The Park ...

Millions of asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema sufferers can now begin ordering a Raleigh-based firm's new breath-activated devices for inhalers that are designed to improve drug delivery. While ...

An urgent warning has been issued to asthma sufferers over the use of a vital treatment to relieve their symptoms. There are around 7.2 million people with the lung condition which affects the airways ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is high time of year for asthma trouble, and if that doesn’t take patients’ breath away, the cost of their medicines can. Mallory Beers uses an inhaler twice a day to help ...

Blue reliever inhalers act quickly to treat symptoms and attacks, and people need to carry them for if their asthma flares up. However, a new warning from the regulator, the UK's Medicines and ...

Asthma attacks come with little warning and are often triggered by invisible particles in the air. Now, thanks to advances in Bluetooth technology, smartphones have become the newest weapon in the ...

This reminder follows updates to product information and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for short-acting beta 2 agonists (SABAs), including salbutamol and ...

GPs have been advised to stop prescribing blue reliever inhalers alone for newly-diagnosed asthma. Instead, they should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to ...

A new study is offering children with asthma an enhanced check-up to see whether it can bring down the overuse of inhalers. The Prescription Alerts for Reliever Inhalers in Children (PARC) study at ...