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• Cannabis Workers Face Occupational Asthma Risks That May Be Fatal, CDC Warns

  November 28, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CDC warns that cannabis industry workers may be at risk of work-related respiratory problems, which have already led to at least one death.

• COPD Inhalers May Increase Risk of Bone Fractures, Researchers Warn

  August 29, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study links corticosteroid COPD inhalers to an increased risk of bone fractures.

• High Doses of Flovent Fail To Help Treat Severe Asthma In Children: Study

  March 9, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  A new study warns that high doses of inhalers do not provide additional benefits to children with asthma.

• Asthma Inhaler Recall Impacts 600,000 Ventolin HFA 200D Inhalers

  April 7, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  GlaxoSmithKline has issued a pharmacy level recall for about 600,000 Ventolin HFA 200D albuterol inhalers after users reported the medication was leaking into the packaging, suggesting that the devices may not administer the full number of doses indicated by the dose counter.

• Brovana Claims Misleading, Side Effects Minimized: FDA Warning Letter

  November 4, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  Ads for Brovana inhalers are misleading and downplay the side effects, the FDA has warned the company.

• Asthmanefrin and EZ Breathe Atomizer Problems Result in FDA Warning

  October 7, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA is warning of severe adverse reactions from Asthmanefrin, which has only been on the market a year.

• Primatene Mist Asthma Inhalers Being Phased Out Under CFC Rule

  September 23, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Primatene Mist, Armstrong Pharmaceutical Inc.’s over-the-counter asthma inhaler, will no longer be available after December 31, 2011, as part of...

• Spiriva Mist Inhaler Side Effects May Increase Risk of Death: Study

  June 22, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Potential side effects of Spiriva mist inhalers, which are not yet approved for sale in the United States, could increase...

• Studies Ordered for Side Effects of Symbicort, Advair Diskus, Dulera, Foradil

  April 19, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Federal drug regulators have ordered that new studies be done to examine potential safety problems with a number of asthma...

• Oral Cleft Birth Defect Side Effects Not Tied to Asthma Drugs: Study

  April 15, 2011

  Staff Writers

  A nationwide study of births in Denmark has ruled out a potential link between corticosteroids used to control asthma in...