After the Serevent Nationwide Surveillance (SNS) and SMART trials both appeared to link the use of long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) to an increased risk of asthma-related death, routine asthma care got scary. The FDA slapped a black box warning on LABAs like Serevent (salmeterol) and Foradil (formoterol) and also the combination treatments containing them (Advair, Symbicort, Dulera). FDA also "requested" all pharma companies selling LABAs conduct serious postmarketing safety studies, the kind that take years and many millions of dollars. Those results are now being published, and they support what physicians and people with asthma have long believed: combination LABA-inhaled corticosteroid inhalers (LABA/ICS) are safe and effective treatments for people with asthma uncontrolled by inhaled steroids alone.