Latest Metered-dose inhaler Stories

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with mild asthma, exercises that focus on shallow breathing through the nose, as well as non-specific upper body exercises, can reduce the need to use a bronchodilator inhaler, according to a new report. Many people with asthma rely on puffs of a short-acting beta-2 agonist, such as albuterol, to relieve breathing difficulties. Also, "breathing techniques are among the most popular complementary medicine modalities used by people with asthma,"...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a small study of patients with nighttime asthma, a nonprescription inhaler containing epinephrine was nearly as effective as a prescription inhaler dispensing albuterol in terminating an acute asthma flare-up.It is widely believed that nonprescription epinephrine inhalers are less effective and have more adverse effects on the heart than prescription drugs like albuterol, Dr. Leslie Hendeles and colleagues write in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Battling a child's asthma attack could be as simple as sliding a plastic tube onto the end of an inhaler, but many health-care providers don't offer this option to parents, say University of Florida researchers, who are calling for change. Using a metered-dose albuterol inhaler with a holding chamber attached to it and increasing the number of puffs to treat breathing difficulties works as well as the nebulizer breathing treatment doctors typically prescribe, studies...

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inyx, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: IYXI) , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on aerosol drug delivery technologies and products, reported today positive results from a two-year stability study for a non-ozone-depleting hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propelled "salbutamol" metered dose inhaler (MDI) for treating asthma and other respiratory conditions utilizing Inyx's patented lipid-binding technology for enhancing the delivery of inhalation-therapy...