News related to Albuterol and/or conditions it is approved for
ACAAI: Newer Albuterol Inhalers Not Created Equal
Source: MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology [2008.11.10]
SEATTLE (MedPage Today) -- Asthma patients may need to be more diligent about washing one type of the newer, environmentally friendly albuterol inhalers than they are with others, said a researcher here.
Deadlines for other inhalers to go eco-friendly (AP)
Source: Y! Health Asthma News [2008.12.01]
AP - Patients with asthma and other lung diseases should stay tuned: Quick-acting albuterol inhalers aren't the only lung medicines poised for changes because they're powered by ozone-damaging chemicals called CFCs.
Asthma inhalers to go 'green' on Dec. 31 (AP)
Source: Y! Health Asthma News [2008.12.01]
AP - Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" on Dec. 31, forcing patients still using the old-fashioned kind to make a pricey and even confusing switch. The medicine inside these rescue inhalers — the albuterol that quickly opens airways during an asthma attack — isn't changing. But the chemicals used to puff that drug into your lungs are.
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