[HungarianGypsy]

I don't know the facts in this since I a not familiar with asthma inhalers, so you might need to do a little info. Yes, this was cut off on the original post for some reason:

Three common asthma inhalers containing the drugs salmeterol or formoterol may be causing four out of five U.S. asthma-related deaths per year and should be taken off the market, researchers from Cornell and Stanford universities have concluded after a search of medical literature. They base these conclusions on a statistical analysis of 19 published trials involving 33,826 patients. This so-called meta-analysis found that patients who inhaled the long-acting beta-agonists salmeterol (trade names Serevent and Advair, both made by GlaxoSmithKline) or formoterol (trade name Foradil

[Darnright]

>Three common asthma inhalers containing the drugs salmeterol or formoterol may be causing four out of five U.S. asthma-related deaths per year and should be taken off the market, researchers from Cornell and Stanford universities have concluded after a search of medical literature.<

The deaths were caused because an inhaled steroid such as QVar must be used in tandem with the long-acting beta 2 agonists. Used correctly, the drugs save lives and reduce hospitalizations.

[kitkat]

Thanks for your reply.