The prevalence is higher in urban settings and large cities. Statistics show that asthma is more prevalent among African-Americans than white Americans. According to 1990 National Institutes of Health statistics, 4.4 percent of African-Americans suffer from asthma compared to 4 percent of white Americans. This prescription drug was designed to be taken orally twice a day as a preventative and chronic treatment of asthma in adults and children 12 years of age and under. Since that time, the medication has been used in children younger than 12 with a doctor's careful supervision.
Symptoms can be, at the least, debilitating, and, at the worst, fatal.
Side effects have included headache, infection, and nausea. Nobel Prize-winner Bengt Samuelsson discovered leukotrienes . These were natural substances in the body that can contribute to asthma symptoms. Copyright 2000 Felice R. Prager. All rights reserved.