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Asthma 'Rescue' Inhalers Are Changing
Date:11/10/2008

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If you still have a CFC inhaler, you can use it after Dec. 31, and you won't be breaking any laws, Finegold said, but you won't be able to buy such an inhaler after that time. And, he said, in many areas of the country, CFC inhaler supplies are already gone and pharmacies have switched to HFA inhalers.

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To learn more about the new HFA inhalers, visit the Asthma and Allergy Network Mothers of Asthmatics.



SOURCES: Ira Finegold, M.D., chief, division of allergy and clinical immunology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, and past president, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; Nancy Sander, president and founder, Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics; Nov. 8, 2008, presentation, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology annual meeting, Seattle


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