Asthma warning: Adults with asthma who take drugs such as salmeterol alone have an increased risk of death from asthma problems. Also, children and adolescents with asthma who take salmeterol alone ...

The safe and appropriate use of long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) for the treatment of asthma has been widely debated. In two large clinical trials, investigators found a potential risk of serious ...

A propensity score-matched cohort study of patients treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in routine practice found that the use of generic and brand-name fluticasone–salmeterol was ...

Most guidelines recommend either a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) plus an inhaled glucocorticoid or a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) as the first-choice treatment for patients with chronic ...

Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of a salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (FP) combination product (50/100µg twice daily) with budesonide (BUD) at a four-fold higher microgram dose ...

Fluticasone-salmeterol combination does not cause more serious asthma-related events than fluticasone in moderate-to-severe asthma, indicated a study. Routine use of short-acting beta blockers like ...

This combination medication contains corticosteroid and long-acting bronchodilator, prescribed for asthma.

I have a few questions about fluticasone-salmeterol. Is it true that the current guidelines call for dual therapy as opposed to monotherapy, ie, inhaled steroids? Also, if a child has recurrent use of ...

Initiation of fluticasone propionate–salmeterol after a COPD-related hospitalization or ED visit decreased the risk of a recurrent event and reduced COPD-related medical costs. Objectives: To quantify ...

They were randomly assigned inhalers containing a combination of salmeterol and fluticasone, or fluticasone alone. Of all the patients, 27 in the combination drug group had a serious asthma-related ...

Efficacy trials suggest that extra-fine particle beclometasone dipropionate-formoterol (efBDP-FOR) is comparable to fluticasone propionate-salmeterol (FP-SAL) in preventing asthma exacerbations at a ...