However, a new warning from the regulator, the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products ... updated its guidance on salbutamol and terbutaline, which are used to relieve sudden asthma symptoms.

To complicate matters, some similar medicines need to be taken differently. The antibiotic amoxicillin with clavulanic acid (sold as Amoxil Duo Forte), for example, is recommended to be taken with ...

Here are the critical medicines in short supply in the EU ... pulmonary disease (COPD), and other breathing issues take ...