Recent news on Salbutamol

Advanced Paramedics Training for Respiratory Distress Earns So-So ...  -  25 May 2007
MedPage Today,This part of the study was also marked by a substantial increase in the use of nebulized salbutamol [albuterol] (53% versus 14.9%) and sublingual

Aggressive breathing treatment saves lives  -  25 May 2007
MSNBCThe benefits may have been due to the use of drugs like nebulized salbutamol, also known as albuterol, and nitroglycerin, the researchers said.

Doctors stumped by patients having good innings  -  May 19, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,...of breath and wheezing may be due to "late onset" asthma that, as in younger patients, responds well to broncho-dilator drugs, such as salbutamol.

Drug to trim puppy fat a step closer to market  -  May 3, 2007
New Zealand Herald,R-salbutamol has just been trialled on 15 beagles in the US, and the drug produced a 3 per cent weight loss per week in the animals.

Promising Dog Obesity Drug Trial, Says Stirling Products Limited ...  -  May 4, 2007
PR Web (press release),..."We have demonstrated that low doses of R-salbutamol given orally produced no visible clinically-significant effects except for some flushing of the ears

Recall Of Emergency Asthma Care Pack, UK  -  May 15, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The dose of IV Salbutamol should read 250 micrograms (mcg) not 250 milligrams (mg) as stated. Giving the medicine at the incorrect dose could result in a

Obesity pill developed for dogs  -  May 1, 2007
The Australian,Perth-based Stirling Products Ltd's R-salbutamol drug was trialled on 15 beagles in the US, each losing 3 per cent weight loss a week, the company said.

Navy Recovers LTTE Medical Items  -  May 13, 2007
Sri Lanka Army,50 Propanahaline tablets, 15 Metronidazole injections, 45 transfusion sets, 2000 Closacillin, 06 blood bags, 01 Omeprazole, 02 Salbutamol packs,

Multiplex again target of talk  -  May 2, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,Further tests will now be carried out on R-salbutamol in the hope that it may soon be taken by many of the 48 million fat dogs and cats in the US.

Asthma? No big deal, life goes on  -  May 5, 2007
Hindustan Times,If attacks occur, they can be treated with salbutamol inhalers (short-acting beta 2-agonists) that dilate the airways. “A combination of the inhaled steroid

Advanced Life Support for Out-of-Hospital Respiratory Distress  -  May 23, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),This phase of the study was also marked by a substantial increase in the use of nebulized salbutamol and sublingual nitroglycerin for the relief of symptoms

Dog drug helping shed the puppy fat  -  May 2, 2007
Border Mail,Perth-based Stirling Products Ltd’s R-salbutamol drug has just been trialled on 15 beagles in the US, producing 3 per cent weight loss per week in the

New Ways to Quell Mild Persistent Asthma  -  May 16, 2007
MedPage Today,And an Italian trial of as-needed rescue medication showed that use of salbutamol driven by symptoms is as effective as regular use of beclomethasone (QVAR)

Dogs could stand to shed a few  -  May 21, 2007
Washington Times,A second medication -- R-salbutamol -- is under development in Australia. Dogs down under are losing weight, though having some flushing of the ears,

Probe into mislabelled drugs - Baugh  -  May 17, 2007
Jamaica Gleaner,When the shipment was examined, it was found that the Beclomethasone inhalers were packaged in boxes labelled Salbutamol inhalers these are both used to

Treatment of Mild Persistent Asthma  -  May 16, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),5 As shown by Papi et al. in this issue of the Journal, the as-needed use of beclomethasone and albuterol (also known as salbutamol outside the United

Navy Recovers LTTE Medical Items  -  May 14, 2007
Sri Lanka Army,45 transfusion sets, 2000 Closacillin, with 06 blood bags, 01 Omeprazole tablet, 02 Salbutamol packs, 1000 Brufan tablets and some food items.

New Asthma Treatment Out  -  May 14, 2007
Daily Graphic,She stressed that asthmatics in Ghana over depend on Salbutamol inhaler/tablets to manage their asthma and advised on the need to adopt the new treatment,

The man in yellow? A conversation with Óscar Pereiro  -  May 14, 2007
VeloNews,VN.com: You had your own brush with scandal (note - French authorities said Pereiro was slow in providing certifications for his use of Salbutamol),

Cipla to pay for overcharging drugs  -  May 5, 2007
Economic Times,The company had challenged the inclusion of the drugs Salbutamol, Theophylline, Ciprofloxacin and Norfloxacin within the ambit of price control.

Multicenter Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Impact of ...  -  Apr 27, 2007
AEM (subscription)During the ALS phase, patients received these EMS interventions: nebulized salbutamol 39.6%, IV epinephrine 0.9%, intubation 1 (0.16%), IV access attempted

Cipla fined Rs 7.48 bn for overcharging  -  Apr 14, 2007
Myiris.com,The five drugs that Cipla`s, been accused of overcharging for are; salbutamol, cloxacillin, ciprofloxacin, theophylline and norfloxacin.

Govt slaps notice on pharma cos for overcharging  -  Apr 18, 2007
Times of India,The drugs in which overcharging has been detected include active ingredients salbutamol, theopylline, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, cloxacillin,

Now, NPPA fines Cipla Rs 748 cr for overpricing  -  Apr 13, 2007
Financial Express,The case concerned the active ingredients salbutamol, theopylline, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, cloxacillin, doxycycline and glipizide used in drugs from

2000 Olympic bronze medalist tests positive for controlled substance  -  Mar 14, 2007
Triathlete MagazineAccording to news reports, Messmer, 35, tested positive for salbutamol, sold under the brand name Ventolin. Salbutamol is a designed to control asthma.

Photo Credit: ITU  -  Mar 16, 2007
Inside TriathlonAccording to the French anti-doping agency AFLD, Messmer tested positive for "high amounts" of salbutamol, sold under the brand name Ventolin.

VND20mil punishment for using growth-stimulating hormone  -  Feb 27, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,The Singaporean laboratory has confirmed that it has found Salbutamol in two samples provided by Ha Nam-based Hong Ha Nutrition Company (9275/4 ppb) and the

Bronchodilators Show No Benefit in Bronchoscopy Patients  -  Mar 12, 2007
EndoNurse,Researchers from the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, gathered 120 patients with COPD and randomized them into three groups to receive salbutamol,

HCM City: pork with hormone found  -  Mar 8, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,11% of over 400 samples of pork and foodstuff for pig collected in HCM City contain clenbuterol and salbutamol, which are growth stimulating hormones.

A new approach to asthma treatment approved by Health Canada  -  Mar 6, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),3) However, since such treatments (eg, salbutamol and terbutaline) do not address the underlying inflammation of the airways, which is a key cause of asthma

Health advice from the experts  -  Mar 5, 2007
Manchester Evening News,A reliever (salbutamol, terbutaline or the long acting salmeterol which must be used with one of the other two) and a preventer which is a very low dose

Innovator's loss is the generic makers' gain  -  Feb 25, 2007
Express Pharma,Cipla which is also challenging the inclusion of Salbutamol, Theophylline, Ciprofloxacin and Norfloxacin under price control has posted a marginal 5.2

Finnish authorities report no surge in use of asthma medicines ...  -  Feb 23, 2007
Helsingin Sanomat,The statement is based on the sales of Salbutamol, which is a medicine used for the relief of bronchospasm in conditions such as asthma.

VITAL SIGNS - The pharmaceuticals and biotechnology synopsis  -  Feb 15, 2007
egoli.com.au,Stirling Products Limited (STI) has advised shareholders that it has now completed a second study of R-salbutamol in horses with airway disease “heaves�,

So what meat is safe?  -  Jan 28, 2007
New Straits Times,Random tests by the DCC confirm that cattle, goats and poultry have been fed with Salbutamol, the most commonly used beta-agonist.

Stirling Signs Agreement with North American Bioscience Company  -  Feb 1, 2007
Emediawire (press release),..."This product is an excellent companion product for our own R-salbutamol, but because it is natural, it does not carry the same regulatory hurdles,

Landmark Study Shows Important Benefits Of Seretideâ„¢ Treatment For ...  -  Feb 23, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In all treatment arms patients were allowed to take other medications to treat COPD symptoms including anticholinergics, theophylline and salbutamol

Drug companies fleeced patients of Rs 738 cr: NPPA  -  Feb 19, 2007
Financial Express,Some of the drugs the companies are alleged to have overcharged on are: ciprofloxacin, norfloaxacin and salbutamol. Overcharging means selling at a price

Boatloads of poisons come from Indonesia  -  Feb 7, 2007
New Straits Times,Among those seized were sex stimulants adulterated with Sildenafil and slimming products with Salbutamol. Health experts say the amount seized is just the

Monday's EuroFile: Road racing kicks off in Europe; Sevilla to ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
VeloNews,Pereiro eventually provided required documentation proving his exemption to use Salbutamol, an otherwise banned product. Pereiro expressed his satisfaction

Stirling signs agreement with North American bioscience company  -  Feb 1, 2007
Fish Farmer Magazine,Stirling Products, an Australian public company, announced today that it has signed an agreement for the co-development of Stirling’s R-salbutamol products

Tuesday's EuroFile: Prudhomme: 'Hurry it up, already' World's ...  -  Jan 30, 2007
VeloNews,A media firestorm erupted earlier this month after medical records leaked to the French daily Le Monde revealed Pereiro showed traces of salbutamol - a

Nationwide beta-agonist checks  -  Jan 29, 2007
New Straits Times,Sains Malaysia’s Doping Control Centre (DCC) that about two per cent of over 100 samples received monthly by the laboratory had traces of Salbutamol.

Report: Doping test shows Pereiro used salbutamol at Tour de France  -  18 Jan 2007
USA TodayThe newspaper said the International Cycling Union granted the Spanish rider a certificate to use salbutamol for medical reasons and has decided not to

MARD names enterprises using prohibited hormone  -  18 Jan 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,According to Deputy Minister of MARD Diep Kinh Tan, 19 samples out of the 295 inspected samples (6.4%) were found as containing Clenbuterol and Salbutamol,

Pharmac beware: Cheapest drugs not always the best  -  Jan 14, 2007
Scoop.co.nz (press release),In its tender document Pharmac says it will accept a sole supply contract for the Salbutamol inhaler, used to treat asthma.

UNIDO submits Sina Darou Laboratories Co project to EXCOM  -  Jan 9, 2007
Islamic Republic News Agency,The company has started with Salbutamol 100 microgram and presently has four products in its manufacturing line; namely, Salbutamol 100 microgram,

TUE an alibi: Expert  -  Dec 29, 2006
Times of India,The common reason given the world over is exercise induced asthma and the drug used is salbutamol. Other drugs used with the TUE cover are glucocartico

Woman died after holiday medicine problem  -  Dec 20, 2006
NW Evening Mail,Paramedic Catherine Wilkinson administered Salbutamol which eased Mrs Aspin’s laboured breathing and she walked to the ambulance, but her condition

Woman died after holiday medicine problem  -  Dec 20, 2006
NW Evening Mail,Paramedic Catherine Wilkinson administered Salbutamol which eased Mrs Aspin’s laboured breathing and she walked to the ambulance, but her condition

11% of pork samples found to have stimulants  -  Dec 6, 2006
VietNamNet Bridge,Clenbuterol and Salbutamol are the most commonly used. In a programme kicked off recently, in which five samples of pork sold in HCM City were tested,

Carriers for DPIs: formulation and regulatory challenges  -  Dec 13, 2006
Pharmaceutical Technology Europe,...<1% drug concentration in the blend; for example, Miflonide (budesonide); Ventolin, Pulvinal (both salbutamol); and Seretide (salmeterol/fluticasone). 1

Pharmac under fire over asthma  -  Dec 10, 2006
Stuff.co.nz,Pharmac's decision last year to subsidise only one salbutamol inhaler, Salamol, failed as asthmatics overwhelmingly rejected the cheaper option.

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