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  • Asthma Medication Deaths: Serevent, Advair, & Foradil - Asthma Lawyer & Case Evaluation
    In February, 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the risk of certain Asthma inhaler side effects . There is now a Serevent and an Advair black box warning , alerting patients to the risk of using those medications. Furthermore, patients are warned to be on the alert for Foradil side effects, which can include worsened bre...
  • FDA Warns Not to Use Stolen Advair Diskus Inhalers
    Washington, DC: The FDA has issued a warning to the public concerning certain Advair Diskus inhalers stolen from a distribution warehouse in 2009 and that have been found in some pharmacies. The safety and effectivenes of the stolen inhalers cannot be assured and they should not be used. Advair Diskus (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhala...
  • Advair Deadly for Asthmatics
    Sep-14-06 Reno, NV "My father had been on Advair for approximately four months for his asthma , and told me that the drug had changed his life," says Dave Connors. He didn't realize that it could cause his death. "In Sept of 2002, my father (age 71) had a fatal cardiac episode. He was driving down the street with my mother when they pulled to the side of the...
  • Warning Links Asthma Drugs to Risk of Death
    Two federal drug officials have issued a warning that people suffering from asthma face a risk of death if they continue to use 4 popular asthma drugs--Advair, Foradil, Symbicort and Serevent. The officials said in their warning that no asthma sufferers should use those 4 drugs; however, a third official said that while no one under the age of 17 should use...
  • Dangerous Asthma Drugs: Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Death
    Jun-10-08 Washington, DC Take our dangerous asthma drug . Please. It will relieve your symptoms. Oh, but it could also worsen your asthma, which could kill you. But you'll die happy. Have a nice day. Give us a break. Are you as sick as the rest of us with the 'drugification' of America? They make drugs for everything, and more than half the time the drugs ar...
  • Safety Requirements for Advair and Other Asthma Medications Changed
    Feb-20-10 Rockville, MD The FDA has announced that it is changing the safety requirements for asthma medications, including Advair . The affected medications are Long-Acting Beta-Agonists (LABAs) sold as single-ingredient products (Serevent and Foradil) and as an ingredient in products that contain inhaled corticosteroids (Advair and Symbicort). These medications...
  • What Led to the Black Box Warning on Asthma Drugs?
    May-30-08 Washington, DC: Two years ago the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated that the asthma drugs Advair Diskus, Advair HFA, Foradil Aerolizer, Serevent Diskus must carry black box warnings—the most severe warning the FDA can issue. Most recently Symbicourt, Performist, (formoterol fumarate), and Brovana inhalation solution were added to list of...
  • Asthma Drugs: No Cause for Asthma Sufferers to Breathe Easy…
    May-27-08 Washington, DC It's been two years since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last issued significant data, and updated product labels for asthma drugs Advair, Serevent and Foradil after concerns that the drugs, while lessening the frequency of wheezing attacks, could increase their ultimate severity. There has been little information since. Tha...
  • Asthma Drug Affects My Son's Behavior
    Jun-5-08 White Oak, SC: Nikki's eight year old son has asthma —he was diagnosed with the respiratory illness when he was just five years old. Since that time he's been on albuterol , but it seems to be making things worse, not better. "My Boyfriend alerted me initially to the fact that there were potential problems with the asthma medications my son was tak...
  • Children Could Be Harmed by Free Drug Samples, Harvard Study Reports
    Drug Samples Often Lack Adequate Safety Information Information gathered by the Centers for Disease Control, and reviewed in a study published today in Pediatrics, show that free drug samples given to help sick children may in fact be harming them. The study investigators found that during 2004 some 500,000 children were given samples of 4 differ...
  • Newly Discovered Cell Could Help Avoid Asthma Medication Side Effects
    Mar-26-10 Dublin, Ireland Parents concerned about asthma medication side effects in their children may be in luck, as a newly discovered white blood cell has shown potential as a treatment for the bronchial disorder. Researchers discovered the cell, dubbed nuocyte, by using parasitic worms to experimentally drive allergic-like responses. The cells produced a...
  • SSRI Birth Defects Claims from Users of Paxil on the Rise
    Mar-19-10 Philadelphia, PA GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the pharmaceutical giant responsible for medications like Advair, Geritol and Zantac, has seen an increased number of lawsuits related to SSRI birth defects stemming from its popular antidepressant, Paxil. Paxil, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), has resulted in three separate kinds of lawsuits...
  • Free Drug Samples the New Threat to Children
    Oct-6-08 Washington, DC Patients love 'em because they're free, and will save them a buck or two at the drug store. Doctors love 'em because their patients love 'em—plus the added benefit of ensuring a patient without the means to afford expensive prescription drugs can have access to them. However a new study out today suggests that free drug samples do litt...
  • Serevent Sufferer
    Sep-17-06 New Jersey, NY A few years ago, Diana Sichta wound up in the hospital with a severe asthma attack shortly after she was prescribed Serevent. "They sent me home from the hospital and my asthma got worse; I barely managed to phone my doctor. He told me to take a few more puffs of Serevent. After I took it, I felt like I couldn't breathe so I went out...
  • Dangerous Drugs Report
    Dec-30-05 [ Consumer Reports ] has recently identified 12 common prescription drugs that may have serious side effects, including heart attacks, certain cancers and even death. It says that "tens of millions of people may have been exposed to adverse side effects" from these drugs, which account for more than 266 million prescriptions in the U.S. and almost $25 billi...




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