The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Amphastar Pharmaceuticals’ Primatene Mist (epinephrine inhalation aerosol spray) metered-dose inhaler for over-the-counter (OTC) use to ...
OTC Asthma Inhaler Prepares to Return to Market, Years After Being Pulled for Environmental Problems
A just-announced advisory committee set to meet in February 2014 may bring US regulators one step closer to alleviating a major shortage of asthma medication that resulted from the implementation of ...
U.S. health care providers should begin issuing replacement prescriptions now for patients with asthma that use Primatene Mist (Armstrong Pharmaceuticals Inc.), the FDA advises. The only ...
In an effort to plant a talking point in the next Republican presidential debate prevent damage to the ozone layer, the Obama administration will order the phase-out of an over-the-counter asthma ...
Recently [Anthony Francis-Jones] decided to take a closer look at the inhaler that his son got prescribed for some mild breathing issues, specifically to teardown the mechanical counter on it.
Primatene Mist, the only over-the-counter asthma inhaler sold in the United States, will no longer be available after Dec. 31, 2011 because it uses chlorofluorcarbons (CFCs), a substance that depletes ...
WASHINGTON -- Asthma sufferers may not be able to buy non-prescription inhalers much longer because the devices contain propellants that harm the ozone layer. An advisory panel voted 11-7 on Tuesday ...
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