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Tips to Remember: Asthma & Allergy Medications, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology:"More than 50 million people in the United States suffer from asthma and allergies. Fortunately, today there are many effective medications available to treat these conditions. The following information is intended to help asthma and allergy sufferers better understand the most commonly used types of medications." American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 555 East Wells Street Suite 1100 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823 Phone: (414) 272-6071 Patient Information and Physician Referral Line: (800) 822-2762 For all general questions, e-mail info@aaaai.org http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/asthmaallergymedications.stm ****************************************************** Tips to Remember: Childhood Asthma, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology:"Asthma is the most common serious chronic disease of childhood, affecting nearly five million children in the United States. Characterized by coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and wheezing, asthma is the cause of almost three million physician visits and 200,000 hospitalizations each year. In infants and children, asthma may appear as cough, rapid or noisy breathing in and out, or chest congestion, without the other symptoms seen in adults." American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 555 East Wells Street Suite 1100 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823 Phone: (414) 272-6071 Patient Information and Physician Referral Line: (800) 822-2762 For all general questions, e-mail info@aaaai.org http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/childhoodasthma.stm ****************************************************** Treating Asthma With Bronchodilators , Beta 2-agonists, Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information:"Beta 2-agonists - Short-acting inhaled forms include: Albuterol (Proventil® HFA, Ventolin® HFA, Accuneb®, ProAir®) Metaproterenol (Alupent®) Levalbuterol (Xoponex® HFA, Xoponex® nebulizer solution) Pirbuterol (Maxair®) Albuterol and ipatropium bromide combination (Combivent® metered dose inhaler; DuoNeb®) Short-acting beta 2-agonists are also called "quick acting" or "rescue" medicines because they relieve asthma symptoms very quickly by opening the airways. These inhalers are the best for treating sudden and severe or new asthma symptoms. They work within 20 minutes and last four to six hours. They are also the medicines to use 15 to 20 minutes before exercise to prevent exercise-induced asthma symptoms." The Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information 9500 Euclid Ave. NA31 Cleveland, OH 44195 216/444-3771 or 800/223-2273 ext.43771 healthl@ccf.org http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3500/3528.asp?index=11789 Category: Bronchodilators, Respiratory Drugs, Medications ****************************************************** ****************************************************** Allergy and Asthma FAQ:"The Allergy and Asthma FAQ is an informal gathering of the "net wisdom" on allergies and asthma. It includes links to various (Web and non-Web) sources of information. This started as the misc.kids Allergy and Asthma FAQ, so a certain amount of this information is geared towards parents, but there is plenty of information for adults, too. " http://www.cs.unc.edu/~kupstas/FAQ.html ****************************************************** alt.support.asthma FAQ:"Welcome to alt.support.asthma! This newsgroup provides a forum for the discussion of asthma, its symptoms, causes, and forms of treatment. Please note that postings to alt.support.asthma are intended to be for discussion purposes only and are in no way to be construed as medical advice. 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