{"id":5355,"date":"2008-05-31T07:14:24","date_gmt":"2008-05-31T07:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/time-to-start-stockpiling-your.html"},"modified":"2008-05-31T07:14:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-31T07:14:24","slug":"time-to-start-stockpiling-your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/time-to-start-stockpiling-your.html","title":{"rendered":"Time to start stockpiling your inhaler, asthma suffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20080531\/ap_on_he_me\/med_asthma_inhalers;_ylt=AkTGMLRJrqs.7YM_XczKiwis0NUE\">federal government is about to force you to stop using it<\/a>. I wonder how many asthma patients will wind up in the emergency room do to problems with an unfamiliar inhaler? <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year&#8217;s end \u2014 and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nChemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, once were widely used to propel the drug into the lungs. But CFC-containing consumer products are being phased out because CFCs damage the Earth&#8217;s protective ozone layer. As of Dec. 31, asthma inhalers with CFCs can no longer be made or sold in the U.S. Inhalers instead will be powered by ozone-friendly HFAs, or hydrofluoroalkanes.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe FDA warns that patients will face a learning curve: HFA inhalers may taste and feel different. The spray may feel softer. Each must be primed and cleaned in a specific way to prevent clogs. And they tend to cost more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And thus it begins, our lives impacted over a theory that has yet to be proven (that we can impact the climate in anyway).Does anyone really believe that this will make a difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because the federal government is about to force you to stop using it. I wonder how many asthma patients will wind up in the emergency room do to problems with an unfamiliar inhaler? 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