ATLANTA - Prices are rising sharply on many asthma inhalers just in time for spring allergy season and some insurance companies are not covering the higher costs, and many patients cannot afford the ...

A pharmaceutical company has recalled six batches of albuterol sulfate inhalers after a complaint from one patient that the inhaler leaked. Cipla US is voluntarily recalling the 90 mcg inhalers that ...

President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will speak with reporters Wednesday at the White House to highlight the capping of costs for inhalers by several pharmaceutical makers. Sanders joined ...

The situation is an ironic one. While climate change is worsening respiratory illnesses — by increasing extreme heat, spreading smoke from wildfires, and lowering air quality — one of the most common ...

The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half. The jump – in some cases from around a little over $10 to almost $100 for an inhaler – has meant that patients in ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications, but you didn’t tell us how to ...

It was the respiratory therapist (RT) in charge of smoking cessation who first showed me a peak inspiratory flow meter with known resistance (PIFr). Dry-powder inhalers require inspiratory force for ...

(CNN) - Doctors are warning asthma patients about a big change coming to inhalers. Starting Monday, the asthma inhaler Flovent, made by GSK, will disappear from pharmacy shelves. Physicians say an ...

Most people with asthma and other lung diseases have no idea that commonly prescribed inhalers are helping make the planet warmer. Each puff has about the same climate impact as driving a gas-powered ...