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serevent news Study Cites Increased Death Risk From Serevent, Asthma Drug
Washington Post | June 6, 2006

Popular and long-acting asthma medicines such as Advair and Serevent pose a substantially increased risk of hospitalization and death to users compared with placebos, according to a new analysis of 19 studies on the subject.

FDA Sets Strong Warnings for Asthma Drug Labels
Reuters | May 15, 2006
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday that product labels for three popular asthma medications have been updated to state that the drugs could increase the chance of severe asthma attacks that could result in death.
Death Risk Warning for Serevent
Fox News | March 8, 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 both Advair and Serevent, agreed to the new 'black box' warnings—the strongest warning a drug label can carry. The agreement follows the FDA's November 2005 request for an update of the drugs' existing black box labels.

Expert: Serevent Warning Being Blown Off
Arizona Daily Star | February 22, 2006

A public warning about the life-threatening danger of a popular asthma drug—widely advertised on TV—is not being taken seriously enough by doctors or their patients, a top Tucson asthma specialist says.

The warning—issued in recent weeks by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—centers on a class of drugs known as long-acting bronchodilators, which studies show actually can intensify asthma attacks in some patients, at times with fatal results.

Glaxo Disputes Charges
NewsDay.com | October 7, 2005
A consumer watchdog group has accused the makers of a popular asthma drug of manipulating safety data submitted to the FDA two years ago to create the impression the drug Serevent is safer than it is.
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