You think you’re pretty good at using your metered-dose inhaler (MDI), right? But… Read the rest of this entry »

When a cold or flu hits, many of us will do just about anything to relieve the fever, aches and pain. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever asked your doctor for antibiotics to treat a bad cold, only to be told that you’d just have to wait it out? Read the rest of this entry »

Noisy Medications
Noisy medications or bronchodilators treat the noisy, obvious, uncomfortable part of asthma: coughing, wheezing, choking, shortness of breath, and chest tightness caused by muscle spasms in the bronchial tubes. Read the rest of this entry »

You’ve tried playing airplane, pinching the baby’s nose, squirting medicines through a syringe, hiding them in flavored gelatin, standing on your head – and nothing seems to get the medication past those raspberried lips. Giving medications to an infant, toddler, or preschooler is a true test of parental ingenuity. Read the rest of this entry »