I know I am not suppose to watch TV but I do. Let’s face it there are some pretty good shows on and well it is LAX season and I am a big LAX fan. So I watch tv. But I have to say that the advertisements on TV drive me nuts. One of my [...]
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As we enter into pollen season, I thought it would be helpful to review some plant biology and give a very broad overview about pollen and the allergens that are produced in the spring. This information will be presented over the next several weeks in my blog. Pollen, a fine to course powder, contains the [...]
Peak flow meters (PFM) are tools that are used to help monitor asthma. Like spirometry, the breathing test that is done in your allergists office, PFM measure how fast you can blow air out of your lungs. This is important because asthmatics have enough air but because of narrowed airways from allergic inflammation they have [...]
Over the past two or weeks or so I have seen two pregnant asthmatic women who came in because of increased asthma symptoms. After talking with these women, it be clear that their asthma was not being managed properly. They were told that they had to stop all their asthma medications because the medications were [...]
The FDA has issued a final warning that all CFC containing inhalers will be off the market soon. For most of us this comes as no surprise – we have been expecting this for years and most of the asthma inhalers that we use have been transitioning to non – CFC inhalers. There are [...]
Recently the FDA issued a ‘black box’ warning regarding the use of LABA’s (long acting beta agonists, Serevent or salmeterol, Foradil or formoterol) in asthma. There have been concerned raised that these medications may not be as helpful in asthma as was previously thought. These medications are typically used as part of other medication(s) — [...]
