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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / October 2003Serevent still available?
My Doc says Serevent has been taken off the market. My pharmacist tells me that a discus is out, but not in the US. Is this true? The Glaxo website says the discus is available in the US. Thanks > My Doc says Serevent has been taken off the market. My pharmacist > tells me that a discus is out, but not in the US. Is this true? > > The Glaxo website says the discus is available in the US. > > Thanks I've been getting the discus for like 5 or 6 months now. I don't like it, mostly cause the dispenser is too large to fit in my purse which is a pain. So your doctor and pharmacist are both wrong. > I've been getting the discus for like 5 or 6 months now. I don't like > it, mostly cause the dispenser is too large to fit in my purse which is > a pain. So your doctor and pharmacist are both wrong. Why would you carry Serevent in your purse? AFAIK, Serevent is a long acting, use twice a day, med. Says right on it not to use for quick relief. Ted > > > I've been getting the discus for like 5 or 6 months now. I don't like [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ted Because I travel A LOT and don't want to forget it at home. Even on a normal day I'm not apt to be home at the times I need to take it. And my insurance will not pay for 2 and you have to used each one within 6 weeks of opening the foil pack according to directions, so 2 wouldn't get used equally. I carry my Aerobid, my Serevent and my Albuteral whicn means I need a larger purse than I like. >Because I travel A LOT and don't want to forget it at home. Even on a >normal day I'm not apt to be home at the times I need to take it. And my [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I carry my Aerobid, my Serevent and my Albuteral whicn means I need a >larger purse than I like. I do the same thing when I am working, because I work approximately 1.5 hrs from my home, and do not want to risk being without any of my meds when the time comes to take them, especially the ones that are IMPERATIVE to be taken at the same time daily, which the Serevent Diskus is one of. Cindi > My Doc says Serevent has been taken off the market. My pharmacist > tells me that a discus is out, but not in the US. Is this true? > > The Glaxo website says the discus is available in the US. In the US the MDI (puffer) is off the market while the discus has been out for some time now (like years). -- CBI, MD. >Subject: Re: Serevent still available? >From: "CBI" 00doc@mindspring.com >Date: 10/10/03 6:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time >In the US the MDI (puffer) is off the market while the discus has been out >for some time now (like years). I am still getting MDI from the VA with no reference to the discus but anyway they run about a year behind on modern medicine. > >Subject: Re: Serevent still available? > >From: "CBI" 00doc@mindspring.com [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > reference to the discus but anyway they run about a year behind on modern > medicine. Myunderstanding is that it is not being manufactured anymore. Presumably they will eventually run out. According to my experiences there will be little notice.  SignatureCBI, MD >> My Doc says Serevent has been taken off the market. My pharmacist >> tells me that a discus is out, but not in the US. Is this true? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > CBI, MD. Do you know why the MDI has been taken off the market? Is it a safety issue? Is salmeterol still available as a constituent of seretide in the US? Are there any safety issues with seretide? -- gumbo >Subject: Re: Serevent still available? >From: gumbo gumbo@connectfree.co.uk >Date: 10/17/03 4:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time >Do you know why the MDI has been taken off the market? It's creating a hole in the ozone layer. > Do you know why the MDI has been taken off the market? Is it a safety issue? > Is salmeterol still available as a constituent of seretide in the US? > Are there any safety issues with seretide? It is part of the generalized ban on CFC's (ozone hole and all that). Sooner or later all the CFC based MDI's will be phased out and replaced by dry powder devices or other propellants such as HFA. SignatureCBI, MD >My Doc says Serevent has been taken off the market. My pharmacist >tells me that a discus is out, but not in the US. Is this true? > >The Glaxo website says the discus is available in the US. > >Thanks The Serevent diskus is available in the US. I am using it at the present time. Cindi |
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