Well Pegleg, maybe this is just semantics but I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you slightly about Prednisone. I think it IS an emergency rescue medicine for asthmatics. It is clearly...
To the original poster: If you are needing to use the Albuterol inhaler (rescue medication) more than 3 or 4 times per week, most doctors would say that your asthma is not being adequately controlled...
Yes, you can find out everything about meds these days simply by using Google and spending some time reading about them. Advair is a combination of two medicines, Fluticasone (brand = Flovent) and...
Although I personally have a mindset to minimize taking meds, especially steroids, asthma and inhaled steroids are different. The most enlightened advice I have seen given for treating asthma is that...
I have taken several short courses of Prednisone to deal with my asthma when it occasionally gets out of control. In my experience, oral Prednisone starts relieving my symptoms within one hour of...
Hi Cappy, Don't know the answer to your question but I also don't have insurance to pay for medicine and as a result had to research ways of getting the meds I need for as little money as possible....
My situation is also similar to yours. I'm in my early 50's and never had asthma until about 15 months ago when I was exposed to a lot (and I mean a lot) of paper shredding fibers over a period of...
Hi Jamist, I can relate to your problems although I didn't develop my asthma until I was in my 50's. But I am very active and exercise also frequently triggers my asthma. There are definitely more...
That's probably because most of the inhalers with HFA formulations seem to have a less forceful propellant....
Steroid inhalers are maintenance medication or asthma "preventers." They are usually effective and have minimal side effects if used properly. A person usually has to take them as prescribed for at...
I get hives every once in a while. I have found that the antihistamine Zyrtec usually makes the symptoms go away in a hour or less. I believe it is one of the only antihistamines that has been found...
Once again, contrary to the misinformation repeatedly posted in this thread, YES THERE ARE inexpensive high quality GENERICS for all these costly asthma medications available from India. These...
Hi, I just want to tell you that there are generics available for all these ridiculously expensive meds but they are manufactured and must be purchased from India. You can order generic spiriva,...