Advair Asthma Related Death

This so called meta analysis found that patients who inhaled the long acting beta agonists salmeterol trade names serevent and advair both made by glaxosmithkline or formoterol trade name foradil made by novartis pharmaceuticals were 3 5 times more likely to die from asthma and 2 5 times more likely to be hospitalized whether or not death resulted compared with those taking a placebo.

Advair asthma related death. Update on may 16 2006 the fda announced that the product label for advair has been updated with a warning that the drug might well increase the chance of severe asthma attacks that can result in death. Glaxo spokeswoman mary anne rhyne disputed that figure and said the centers for disease control and prevention has found a decline in asthma related deaths since the long acting bronchodilators came on the market in the mid 1990s. From the webmd archives march 7 2006 new labels on asthma drugs advair and serevent warn patients that the drugs may increase the risk of asthma related death glaxosmithkline which makes.