Step Up or Step Down? The Asthma Treatment Debate
By Dr. Larry Chiaramonte One of the persistent discussions in treating asthma is whether to start with smaller, milder dosages of medication and “step up” if they prove ineffective, or start with...
View ArticleInhaled Corticosteroids – What Are They, and Why Do I Need Them?
By Harriet Spitzer-Picker, AE-C When I was a child in the 70s and 80s, I had a double life as a guinea pig. My asthma was so bad that when new drugs needed testing, Intal (cromolyn sodium) was one,...
View ArticleAsthma: Still A Disease of One Patient
By Dr. Paul Ehrlich In our book, we quote Dr. Anthony Gagliardi, a pulmonologist from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village, who said “the study of asthma is the study of one.” This is out of...
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