OFFICIAL NAMES: Aerosol propellants, medical anesthetic gases, amyl nitrite, butane, chlorofluorocarbons, chloroform, ether, halothane, isobutyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, toluene, organic solvents, refrigerant gases, volatile solvents STREET NAMES:...

Inhalants What Kind of Drug Is It? Inhalants are legal household, industrial, medical, and office products that can be deadly when misused. They contain dangerous vapors National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)....

Inhalants are solvents or volatile anesthetics that are subject to abuse by inhalation. Most are central nervous system (CNS) depressants, but some are convulsants. As a class they are characterized by high vapor pressure and significant solubility in...

Inhalants are solvents or anesthetics that are administered by being breathed in. Examples include paint thinners, glues, hair sprays, spray paints, lighter fluids, nitrous oxide, propane, and nitrites. When these substances are purposely inhaled...

Inhalants are drugs in the forms of gas aerosols, or solvents, which are inhaled as a vapor. Inhalant drugs are used for both medical purposes (e.g., nitrous oxide and salbutamol) and as recreational drugs for their intoxicating effect; this article...

Inhaled tobramycin was recently approved by the FDA in a 300 mg formulation for inhalation. The new product, manufactured by PathoGenesis Corporation, is referred to as TOBI[R] and is indicated for cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The advantage of high dose inhaled tobramycin...

The latest entrant in the search for a needle alternative has a lot of ground to make up Little MicroDose Technologies has jumped into the race to develop a highly sought after product: a device to deliver an inhaled form of drugs such...

A new inhaled steroid treatment for preventing asthma attacks in young children has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the drugmaker Schering-Plough Corp. said Monday.Its Asmanex Twisthaler is the first once-a-day, inhaled corticosteroid medicine for asthma — the most common chronic condition among...

Microwave popcorn fans worried about the potential for lung disease from butter flavoring fumes should know this: The sole reported case of the disease in a non-factory worker involves a man who popped the corn every day and inhaled from the bag."He really liked microwave...

Looks at various harmful and/or fatal effects that inhalants may have on people that abuse them.