AERD Care Digest

NSAID Safety Warnings

• 🔥 Excedrin and Ibuprofen Combination: Taking Excedrin (containing acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine) and ibuprofen...

Key risks for AERD patients already avoiding NSAIDs:

• Perioperative caution: NSAIDs tied to bleeding risks, especially high-risk procedures; guide...

Accurate pulmonary function testing supports better diagnosis and management of asthma and COPD in clinical practice.

Melatonin suppresses ILC2-driven airway hyperreactivity in type 2 inflammation, offering potential relief for AERD-related symptoms like shortness of breath, wheeze, and cough as a daily adjunct therapy.

Aspirin Prescription Concerns

• An 80-year-old patient questions a cardiologist's recommendation to resume aspirin after stopping it, despite no...

• Asthma/COPD drug market up 6.2% on biologics demand.
• Tezspire (tezepelumab) sales jumped 495.6% to 340.6 million roubles – sharpest shift.
• For AERD care, highlights biologics' rise as accessible option alongside desensitization and surgery.

Key tension in asthma + cardio care:

• Respiratory risk: NSAIDs require caution in preexisting asthma (even without known aspirin sensitivity);...

• NERD definition: Characterized by moderate-to-severe asthma and higher [risk factors].
• Recent progress: Key advances in pathogenesis and...

FeNO basics for AERD patients:

• Addresses key symptoms: coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, persistent respiratory irritation
• Delivers valuable information about airway to inform asthma management
• From certified allergy & asthma experts

Quick Recap

• A product page referenced asthma attacks induced by the administration of salicylates or substances.
• An article on immediate-type...

Critical for AERD patients: Aspirin causes immediate-type reactions like bronchospasm, wheezing, and shortness of breath up to allergic asthma.

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Emerging immunotherapy aims to retrain the immune system for tolerance to specific allergens causing asthma. For AERD patients, this signals potential non-NSAID strategies to manage the asthma component beyond current options.

• Pioneer Valley asthma rates rank among the highest in the country – vital awareness for AERD patients in western MA.
• Advocacy group covers...

Personalized asthma tracks prioritize anti-inflammatory relievers to slash severe attack risks—crucial for AERD stability.

• Spot early warnings...

Air Quality Awareness

• Maine DEP National Air Quality Awareness Week: Maine DEP highlights Air Quality Awareness Week from May 4-8, 2026,...

Summer heat, humidity, and pollution worsen asthma symptoms that AERD patients face. Key AAFA/ALA tips to prevent flares:

• Hydrate to thin mucus and...

Leverage these May campaigns for AERD trigger avoidance and support:

• AAFA's Asthma/Allergy Month (May) emphasizes community power for reducing...

New triple inhaler (budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol) approved as maintenance for asthma in adults/children 12+, outperforming Symbicort with...

September asthma peak hits hard: sharp rise in attacks, 13.8M school days missed yearly, 1 in 4 kid hospitalizations. Triggers? Ragweed pollen, mold,...

Cross-border smoke alert for Texas Rio Grande Valley AERD patients: Ag burns in Mexico/Central America are trapping haze, pushing AQI to 107 –...