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When the Cost of His Asthma Inhaler Went Up $500, His Parents Claim He Couldn't Pay. Two Weeks Later He Was Dead at 22
Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had a lifelong struggle with asthma, according to the lawsuit filed by Shanon and William Schmidtknecht, of Poynette, Wisc. He managed his symptoms with Advair Diskus ...
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Short-Term Safety and Tolerability of Double-Dose Salmeterol/Fluticasone Propionate in Adult Asthmatic Patients
Introduction: The incidence of asthma exacerbations in patients receiving salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (Seretideâ„¢ or Advair ®) is low. However, when asthma control deteriorates ...
22-Year-Old With Chronic Asthma Died After Inhaler Price Went From $66 to $539: Lawsuit
The parents of a 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after an asthma attack have filed a lawsuit against Walgreens and ...
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Advair Hfa
Labor & delivery. Pregnancy: monitor. Nursing mothers. Do not initiate Advair HFA with acutely deteriorating asthma; use in this setting is inappropriate. Not for relief of acute symptoms ...
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OptumRX responds to Wisconsin family’s lawsuit for asthma death
As we reported last month, the 22-year-old didn’t have an asthma inhaler when he suffered ... to mention Schmidtknecht hadn’t refilled his Advair Diskus prescription since April 2022 and ...
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Advair Diskus 100/50
Corticosteroid + long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA). Allow approx. 12hrs between doses. Asthma: ≥12yrs: initially 1 inh of 100/50 or 250/50 or 500/50 twice daily, based on disease severity and ...
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Mylan launches Advair generic at 70% discount in US
The main patent on Advair (fluticasone+salmeterol ... Wixela Inhub is indicated for the twice daily treatment of asthma in patients age four and older not adequately controlled on long-term ...
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Wisconsin man, 22, dead from asthma attack after price on inhaler skyrockets from $66 to over $500, parents claim in explosive lawsuit
Schmidtknecht was diagnosed with chronic asthma as an infant but managed his ... covered the corticosteroid inhaler Advair Diskus. Through the plan, Schmidtknecht paid roughly $35 to up to $ ...
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Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens and Optum Rx, saying son died after $500 price rise for asthma meds
According to the lawsuit, Cole Schmidtknecht suffered from asthma all his life. He managed it with daily inhaler doses of the medication Advair Diskus and its generic equivalents. He stopped at a ...
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Generic Advair will put the squeeze on GSK this year
GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed it will face a challenging 2019 as generics of its big-selling Advair drug finally reach the US, as it continues the transformation of its business. The FDA approved ...
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Company says family of Wisconsin man who died after inhaler price jumped have no grounds to sue
Five days before Cole's catastrophic asthma attack, he went to his pharmacy ... OptumRx discontinued coverage of Cole's inhaler, Advair Diskus, in a decision that was financially and not medically ...