{"id":5230,"date":"2007-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2007-05-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-25T00:00:00","slug":"question-for-asthma-sufferers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/question-for-asthma-sufferers\/","title":{"rendered":"Question for Asthma Sufferers, Family &#038; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target='_blank' href=http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/cder\/consumerinfo\/metered-dose-inhaler-2pge.htm><img src='http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/wp\/images\/fda.gif' align='left' border='0' alt='FDA to Ban CFC Inhalers After 2008'><\/a><b>Do you agree with the FDA&#39;s decision to ban all CFC inhalers after 2008?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you have asthma and have not heard about the new HFA asthma inhalers that will be mandatory after 2008, please see <a target='_blank' href=http:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/wp\/HFA-inhalers-effective-costly\/>New HFA Asthma Inhalers Are Effective But Costly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have mixed feelings about this complicated issue. On the one hand, I feel that the U.S. should stick to the Montreal Protocol, a 1978 treaty signed by 186 countries that called for a complete withdrawal of CFC products because they deplete the ozone layer. I think all asthma and allergy sufferers should be concerned about the environment. As global warming gets worse, so do allergies and asthma.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, CFC inhalers have been exempt from the Montreal Protocol for years as medical necessities, and they release negligible amounts of CFC propellant. University of Florida professor Leslie Hendeles has stated that CFC inhalers do not pose a threat to ozone depletion. So why are they being banned after all these years?<\/p>\n<p>Several asthma sufferers are not happy with the cost or effectiveness of the new inhalers, and the National Organization of Asthma and COPD Patients has started an online petition that now has over 500 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>What do <i>you<\/i> think about the upcoming ban on CFC inhalers?<\/p>\n<p>Has anyone out there tried the new HFA inhalers? Do you notice any difference in effectiveness?<\/p>\n<p>I know that several of you are staunch environmentalists, and I&#39;m curious about your perspective on this issue, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you agree with the FDA&#39;s decision to ban all CFC inhalers after 2008? If you have asthma and have not heard about the new HFA asthma inhalers that will be mandatory after 2008, please see New HFA Asthma Inhalers&hellip; <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[188],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.achooallergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}