Tag Archives: Asthma

Insurance Gaps May Increase Emergency Department Visits in Children With Asthma

November 26, 2018 Share this content: Children with asthma who have gaps in their health insurance coverage may use emergency department services more often than those who do not experience gaps. Insurance coverage gaps for children with asthma may result in increased emergency department use, possibly related to inferior access to health care, according to… Read More »

FDA Approves Newly Formulated OTC Primatene Mist (epinephrine) to Treat Mild Asthma

Print this page RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Nov. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMPH) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval of its New Drug Application (NDA) for Primatene Mist (epinephrine inhalation aerosol bronchodilator suspension), which is delivered by a metered dose inhaler (MDI) with a non-chlorofluorocarbon… Read More »

Husband demands answers after his wife, 34, died of asthma attack outside locked ER doors

‘They killed her’: Husband demands answers after his wife, 34, died of a treatable asthma attack outside locked ER doors Laura Levis was 34 when she died of cardiac arrest after an asthma attack  She had walked to CHA Somerville Hospital  The first door she tried was locked and she collapsed before getting to the… Read More »