Few poor kids get asthma meds after ER visit

Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:05 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

— Filed under: health, allergies-and-asthma

nibor

Inhaled corticosteroids, which control airway inflammation, are considered the most effective

Obama has just banned these to be replaced by inhalers 4 times as expensive. The less expensive inhalers might offend a tree somewhere.

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#1 - Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:44 AM EDT

PrecededByNone

The ban enforces only the over-the-counter, epinephrin inhalers, which are NOT the corticosteroids. Also, the ban is more of a "phasing out", enforced by the FDA, not Obama. Do a little research, eh?

The corticosteroid inhalers are the expensive, daily-dose inhalers like Flovent, QVar, etc etc. They can cost well over $300 per month without insurance, which is probably why the poor kids don't get them. Even when I had insurance, really, really good insurance, my inhaler still cost over $75 a month.

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#1.1 - Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:53 PM EDT

Mike-399184

nibor, please post your resource, otherwise we will think you are just a Obama critic with little intelligence. But if it is Fox channel, don't bother, I don't think they even know how to tell the truth about anything! It also says a lot about you!

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#2 - Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:09 AM EDT

Chris-2570142

Actually those inhalers were banned as a result of the Montreal Protocol which was signed by Ronald Reagan in 1987. You might want to check your facts before posting comments. The sad part is that these inhalers can prevent hospitalizations and even deaths from asthma, are readily available, covered by all insurances and available through the companies that produce them for the uninsured. It's just not being prescribed as it should be and when it is parents often do not give it as prescribed. This is not conjecture. I am a health care professional who cares for children with asthma and I see this every day.

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#3 - Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:43 AM EDT

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