Salmeterol nationwide surveillance study

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757137 tn?1347196453 The way the study was done to test the safety and effectiveness of the drugs is by adding salmeterol or the combination to the present treatment the asthmatic was on. Thus some of the people were using ONLY salmeterol and ventolin. Because of this study we found out that there is a danger from only using long-acting bronchodialators. Think of what happens in the lungs during a flare-up, you get bronchospasms as well as inflammation.
Avatar f tn While it is known that high doses, much higher than Advair™ Diskus® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Powder 500/50, of long-acting bronchodilator medicines, such as the Serevent® (salmeterol) in Advair™ Diskus® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Powder, can cause abnormal heart rhythms, this is rare.
Avatar m tn I take Advair, (Fluticasone propionate / Salmeterol) once a daily inhaled. My asthma is not controlled without Advair, but is stable with one dose daily. I would like to take Harmine alkaloids (Harmine, Harmaline), but I'm not sure if Salmeterol is safe to take with Harmine alkaloids as they are MAOI (reversible MAOI however) are they safe to combine? Thank you!
1084115 tn?1385228589 When is was learned, over the past 10 years that patients could survive if the cancer was detected early, surveillance was adopted. That is why surveillance every 6 months for those with an increased chance of developing HCC is done. It like so many cancers, primary liver cancer needs to be detected early in order for the patient to have the best chance of survival. For those of us with liver damage caused by hepatitis C, surveillance is only performed for those of us with stage 4 cirrhosis.
Avatar f tn It is important to remember that these are all resting values and that you might have a significant component of exercise induced asthma. You may need either a formal exercise study using a treadmill or an informal exercise study to be listened to, for wheezes and to demonstrate exercise induced bronchospasm. It is surprising that your breathing didn't improve with the Advair™ Diskus® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Powder.
Avatar n tn Advair™ Diskus® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Powder contains 2 medicines. The inhaled steroid Flovent® (fluticasone propionate) has a half life of around 5 hours, so it would be totally out of your system in a few days. The inhaled long-acting bronchodilator Serevent® (salmeterol) has a similar half life, so it would be totally out of your system after 5 days. When steroid side effects occur, they may linger for weeks or even months after the medicine has been stopped.
Avatar n tn You are correct in wanting to wait until you have achieved optimum benefit from the Advair® HFA (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Aerosol, before any consideration of oxygen use. The Advair® HFA (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Aerosol may raise your saturation, to a degree that will make oxygen use unnecessary.
Avatar n tn It is also possible that some of the symptoms you describe, such as headache, shakes, racing heart, were caused by the other ingredient in Advair® HFA (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) called Serevent® (salmeterol). Many of the symptoms you describe occur with panic attacks and are relieved by leading a healthy life style. If that alone doesn't control the panic attacks, there is good, effective medicine for treatment of panic and you should request it from your doctor.
172023 tn?1334672284 The new finding, from a nationwide study, adds to growing evidence that children as well as many adults also lack the vitamin. "Several small studies had found a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in specific populations of children, but no one had examined this issue nationwide," said study leader Dr. Michal L. Melamed of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The cause?
Avatar m tn 5 mcg/actuation, and Wixela (fluticasone propionate salmeterol inhalation powder) for my COPD. Is there a sequence I should be taking these meds in? Is there a time frame I should use between the two meds?
Avatar m tn Blacks More Likely Than Whites to Undergo Leg Amputation Laurie Barclay, MD Mar 20, 2013 Black patients have greater odds than white patients of undergoing lower-extremity amputation rather than revascularization for ischemia, according to a hospital database study reported online March 20 in JAMA Surgery. These disparities persisted after correction for a range of confounding parameters and were greater in wealthier neighborhoods and in hospitals with greater resources.
Avatar n tn However using a long-term control medicine, like Advair, Diskus (fluticasone/salmeterol), should help clear it away quicker. Sometimes this test is repeated after he has used a rescue inhaler like albuterol. When there is a 20% increase the test is positive for asthma. Advair� Diskus� (fluticasone/salmeterol) and albuterol as needed are recommended for the treatment for asthma.
Avatar f tn To my knowledge Advair® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) has not been linked to strokes. Have you heard anything about this in the lay press?
Avatar n tn Spiriva® HandiHaler® (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) is one and Serevent® Inhalation Aerosol (salmeterol xinafoate) another. Each is a bronchodilator and capable of giving good relief of shortness of breath.
645390 tn?1338555377 I took a look. It may be a study that's being duplicated nationwide but it looks like this study is only recruiting 75 subjects from among Mellon MS and Cole Eye patients at the Cleveland Clinic. This is a great chance to get in on some valuable research Michelle. Wouldn't it be great to be able to check disease progress or DMD effectiveness with an OCT rather than a MRI? I hope they'll give you a copy of your OCT.
446474 tn?1446347682 ” Aleman and colleagues conducted a prospective study that included patients who had HCV-related cirrhosis. Among the 351 patients, 110 reached SVR, 193 did not and 48 were untreated. The study was initiated in 2001 and the patients were followed for a mean of 5.3 years. Six patients who achieved SVR developed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), for an incidence of 1 per 100 person-years. Two patients were diagnosed within a year after achieving SVR at 0.5 and 7.
Avatar n tn It was last February. I don't remember it exactly. I believe it also involved salmeterol, which is a component of Advair. It was recommended that they be used when nothing else worked, and then only for short periods. I do know from talking to people that inhaled steroids are often prescribed willy nilly for minor complaints. My brother told me he had a little mucus (very minor chronic bronchitis which didn't bother him much) and his doctor gave him Advair.
Avatar m tn The risk of developing HCC after SVR is greatly reduced but not entirely at the level of risk as for someone who never had cirrhosis. Therefore it is advised that surveillance for HCC is continued for a number of years after a person with cirrhosis has achieved SVR.
Avatar f tn Been diagnosed with non allergic rhinitis, feline dander, housedust etc allergies. Also diagnosed with excercise induced asthma in the 90's. About a month ago wheezing. Doctor has me on 50mcg fluticasone/salmeterol powder am and pm,plus albuterol every 4 hrs. I haven't been using rescue every 4 hrs. When I talk I start coughing and choking and have to spit. What is going on with treatment?
Avatar m tn I apologize if this is incorrect forum as there is no liver/hepatology forum. On a prior CT scan done 3 mo ago, 3 liver lesions were discovered. The most recent scan noted the same lesions. Largest lesion is mildly lobulated & demonstrates peripheral enhancement & central low attenuation. Appearance is slightly different than prior study likely due to timing differences between IV contrast material injection and scanning. It measures 23x17x20mm vs 24x15x20mm on prior study.
Avatar n tn You and he/she will have to resort to other preparations, to include a different inhaled steroid, such as Flovent® HFA Inhalation Aerosol (fluticasone propionate), either alone or in combination with a long-acting bronchodilator, like Serevent® Inhalation Aerosol (salmeterol xinafoate) or Foradil® Aerolizer™ (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder), such a combination being either Advair® HFA (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Aerosol or Symbicort® (budesonide/formoterol fumarat
Avatar f tn Advair is a combination of the same corticosteroid in Flovent (fluticasone) and a bronchodilator called salmeterol. Bronchodilators relax the muscles around the airways to relieve asthma symptoms like wheezing and coughing. So, Flovent is the steroid fluticasone. Advair is a combination salmeterol/fluticasone. Let us know how you are doing and what your doctor is telling you.
Avatar n tn People need to continue to take antipsychotics but a person who has any abnormal movements that are not classed as temporary (such as akathesia) they should be referred to a movement disorder specialist and if diagnosed a psychiatrist would change them to Clozaril.
Avatar f tn Have any of you mums had cervical surveillance for a shortening cervix? If so how often were you having ultrasounds and how much was it shortening and at what gestation?
Avatar m tn Yeah, that vx950 is the telaprevir trial I was supposily IN and they closed the trial wed. My study nurse said that they are only enrolling so many nationwide and had reached their numbers. She had her last two slots pulled. I would be interested in either one for a trial. Wish me luck....