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| This page contains the latest news from newspapers across Canada and the United States discussing Serevent. | |
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Study Cites Increased Death Risk From Asthma Drugs |
| Washington Post June 6, 2006 |
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Popular and long-acting asthma medicines such as Advair and Serevent pose a substantially increased risk of hospitalization and death to users compared with placebos, according to a new analysis of 19 studies on the subject. The analysis also found that the increased risks of the long-acting bronchodilators affect a broad range of users—more than doubling the rate at which asthma patients had to be hospitalized. Most experts have believed that the powerful bronchodilators are harmful only to a small number of people genetically predisposed to having a negative reaction. |
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| FDA Sets Strong Warnings for Asthma Drugs | |
| Reuters May 15, 2006 |
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| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday that product labels for three popular asthma medications have been updated to state that the drugs could increase the chance of severe asthma attacks that could result in death. | |
| Death Risk Warning for Asthma Drugs | |
| Fox News March 8, 2006 |
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New labels on asthma drugs Advair and Serevent warn patients that the drugs "may increase the risk of asthma-related death." GlaxoSmithKline, which makes both Advair and Serevent, agreed to the new ‘black box’ warnings—the strongest warning a drug label can carry. The agreement follows the FDA's November 2005 request for an update of the drugs' existing black box labels. |
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| FDA Adds Warnings to Asthma Drugs | |
| MSNBC August 9, 2004 |
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s asthma drugs Serevent and Advair will carry new warnings about a small risk of life-threatening asthma episodes or asthma-related deaths, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. |
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