Posts Tagged ‘Bronchitis’
Pharmaxis has recently circulated ‘IOC Consensus Statement on Asthma in Elite Athletes’ in which it declared Aridol (mannitol) to get an approval as test by the “International Olympic Committee’s independent Medical Commission”. These athletes are competing in the Beijing Olympics.The IOC Medical Commission focused on finding whether the elite athletes were diagnosed correctly and they were administered the correct therapy for asthma. The commission didn’t test the efficacy of the treatments known as beta-2 agonists however it recommended a bronchial provocation examination like Aridol to diagnose asthma in Olympians.
There has been an increase in the occurrence of respiratory symptoms like recurrent breathlessness, cough, wheezing, chest tightness and excessive mucous production in the athletes, which may suggest prevalence of asthma. However these symptoms could not be singly relied upon to make a diagnosis of asthma in an athlete. Moreover, there is a possibility of the clinical examination to be normal so certain objective tests like spirometry are required to confirm the diagnosis.
“The medicines which are being marketed for cough treatments are not the most effective medicines for cough” reported by ‘John Hopkins’ on the surprise new guidelines from the ‘American College of Chest Physicians’.The pulmonary specialists summed up the findings as comprehensive guidelines for treating various types of cough in the John Hopkins latest “Lung Disorders Health Alert”.
One of the reasons for people seeking treatment is cough. According to ACCP guidelines many of the key ingredients in the medications taken for cough and cold are not effective for the cough caused by common cold. The new guidelines also point out that the cough expectorants and suppressants just won’t work. Even though certain old allergy and pain medicines that are not advertised as cough busters, they are more effective in treating coughs.
