Diskus

Glaxo hopes Relovair can replace its best-selling asthma drug Advair, which combines two drugs in a fine powder that's inhaled through an intricate device called a Diskus.

Glaxo Drug Gets Positive Trial Results Sten Stovall 2011

The popular asthma drugs Symbicort, Advair Diskus, Serevent Diskus, Dulera and Foradil do both and actually warn on their labels that they cause an increased "risk of death from asthma problems."

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Why is a drug that needs to be used with a second drug like the LABAs Symbicort, Dulera, Advair Diskus and that may make asthma worse, a bestseller?

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Big Pharma and the FDA have known for years that formoterol fumarate, found in Symbicort, Dulera and Foradil, and salmeterol, found in Advair Diskus and Serevent Diskus, can paradoxically cause asthma deaths, especially in children and African-Americans.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Long acting beta agonists as found in Symbicort, Dulera, Foradil, Advair Diskus and Serevent Diskus, LABAs are not the only asthma drugs with questionable safety and effectiveness that have become billion dollar businesses for Pharma.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Twenty-five patients on Advair Diskus 100/50 also report racing and irregular heart beats, palpitations and the feeling of an imminent heart attack.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Why is a drug that needs to be used with a second drug like the LABAs Symbicort, Dulera, Advair Diskus and that may make asthma worse, a bestseller?

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Big Pharma and the FDA have known for years that formoterol fumarate, found in Symbicort, Dulera and Foradil, and salmeterol, found in Advair Diskus and Serevent Diskus, can paradoxically cause asthma deaths, especially in children and African-Americans.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Long acting beta agonists as found in Symbicort, Dulera, Foradil, Advair Diskus and Serevent Diskus, LABAs are not the only asthma drugs with questionable safety and effectiveness that have become billion dollar businesses for Pharma.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011

Big Pharma and the FDA have known for years that formoterol fumarate, found in Symbicort, Dulera and Foradil, and salmeterol, found in Advair Diskus and Serevent Diskus, can paradoxically cause asthma deaths, especially in children and African-Americans.

Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011