The market withdrawal of the brand-name asthma drug fluticasone propionate (Flovent) was linked to increased discontinuation of inhaled steroid therapy among children who had used the drug, a ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Parents nationwide are scrambling to find alternatives for their asthma medication. One of the most commonly prescribed steroid inhalers, Flovent, is no longer being made in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Daily inhaled steroid therapy is recommended to keep mild-to-moderate asthma from flaring up, but it seems there are children whose condition remains poorly controlled even ...

GSK withdrew the inhaler after a policy change exposed the company to higher Medicaid rebate costs WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More children stopped using steroid inhalers to control ...

Prepubertal children treated with inhaled glucocorticoids for asthma show an initial reduced growth velocity. [1] When these observations were first made, it was not known whether the initial drop in ...

ORLANDO — Clinicians commonly recommend that the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids be quintupled when patients start losing control of their asthma, but this strategy fails to prevent exacerbations in ...

Giving inhaled steroids to toddlers at high risk of developing asthma helps them in the short term but doesn't prevent the chronic condition as had hoped, a federal study suggests. Similarly, a study ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On January 1, pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK ...

Inhaled steroids may effectively alleviate mild symptoms. * THE QUESTION Do inhaled steroids benefit people whose asthma does not bother them every day? * PAST STUDIES have shown that inhaled steroids ...

Regarding who can use these inhalers, NHS guidelines state: "Most adults can use beclometasone inhalers for asthma or COPD.