These inhalers help prevent flares and keep symptoms from getting worse. They're called control inhalers because they have medicine that controls inflammation. Use yours as often as your doctor tells ...

When you have asthma, you’ll usually use your inhaler to feel better. But you may have an attack in an area where you can’t get to your medication. Luckily, there are things that you can do to breathe ...

Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at ...

It was the respiratory therapist (RT) in charge of smoking cessation who first showed me a peak inspiratory flow meter with known resistance (PIFr). Dry-powder inhalers require inspiratory force for ...

Dr. Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sits in an exam room, across from one of his patients with asthma. Joel Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...

Flovent, a popular steroid inhaler used to treat and control asthma symptoms in children and adults, is being discontinued next week as its manufacturer prepares to roll out a generic version of the ...