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Asthma Inhalers, many use them daily to breath. Our cities more and more air polluted cause a big damnd in such inhalers. Now a study found out they can cause heart problems.
Categories of Inhalers:
Blue or grey inhalers are 'relievers' and contain bronchodilators to open the airways
There are several different reliever drugs, including beta agonists like salbutamol and anticholinergics like ipratropiumBrown inhalers are 'preventers' and usually contain a steroid drug
Inhalers prescribed for serious lung disease may increase the risk of deadly heart problems, say researchers.
Trials on more than 15,000 patients found inhaled anticholinergic drugs increased the risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death by 58%.
The drugs, Atrovent and Spriva, open up the airways to help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to breathe.
The work is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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