Written by Sharon Orrange, MD, MPH | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Updated on May 6, 2022 Key takeaways: Joint or muscle pain is a rare side effect of some medications. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics, statins, and aromatase inhibitors are among the medications that most commonly cause joint or muscle pain. If you think that a medication...
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9 Common Medications That Cause Joint Pain, Cholesterol Drugs to Asthma Inhalers
Written by Sharon Orrange, MD, MPH | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Updated on May 6, 2022 Key takeaways: Joint or muscle pain is a rare side effect of some medications. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics, statins, and aromatase inhibitors are among the medications that most commonly cause joint or muscle pain. If you think that a medication...
Another coronavirus health threat: Too few asthma inhalers
by Serena Gordon, Healthday Reporter As hospitals give more and more COVID-19 patients albuterol to help them breathe, people with asthma may have a hard time getting an inhaler. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) said some areas of the United States are experiencing shortages of albuterol inhalers, and the shortage may...
Using asthma inhalers HALVES the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease in old age, ‘landmark’ study finds
It is believed the drug stops abnormal protein clumps accumulating in the brain The findings were made by a team of Norwegian and Harvard University experts They hope it could lead to potential new treatments for the incurable disease Asthma inhalers may protect patients from Parkinson’s disease, a major new study suggests. Full of salbutamol,...