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"used2be" |
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07 Jan 2008 10:08:51 PM |
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slunky (asthma question)... |
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is that
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
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"Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
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| User: "BoredToTears" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:50:20 PM |
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On 8 Jan, 04:08, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. =A0and i'm having a=
TERRIBLE time breathing. =A0lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. =A0i=
s that
okay and expected every so often? =A0i mean, as far as you know...
I hope your doctor prescribed you a preventer and a protector inhaler
as well as a reliver? I use this:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100004567.html
Along with a Bricanyl turbohaler
http://www2.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000375.html
and my asthma has never been better managed. Go back to your doctor
and discuss it, your asthma is not being properly managed and sooner
or later it will get serious. Life-threateningly serious.
I'm not saying that to be melodramatic or to frighten you I just know
what it's like to be in A&E desperately trying to breath with an
oxygen mask attached to a nebuliser on my face and still seeing my
peripheral vision greying out. It's the most frightening thing I've
ever experienced and now I'm very strict with my inhalers.
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
08 Jan 2008 03:41:58 PM |
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"BoredToTears" <beejayceee1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a62e8eb2-e4f4-4cf4-96ad-3eb56ae106bf@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On 8 Jan, 04:08, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is that
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
I hope your doctor prescribed you a preventer and a protector inhaler
as well as a reliver? I use this:
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she gave me a free one back in the fall, but no prescriptions for a refill
of it. the preventer, that is. i have plenty of refills for the other.
(ventolin) i guess i really ought to get my rear end back over there and
talk to her some more. i just hate spending that much money on doctor
visits. aarrgghh...
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| User: "BoredToTears" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
08 Jan 2008 04:08:01 PM |
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On 8 Jan, 21:41, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
"BoredToTears" <beejayce...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a62e8eb2-e4f4-4cf4-96ad-3eb56ae106bf@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
On 8 Jan, 04:08, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is th=
at
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
I hope your doctor prescribed you a preventer and a protector inhaler
as well as a reliver? I use this:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
she gave me a free one back in the fall, but no prescriptions for a refill=
of it. =A0the preventer, that is. =A0i have plenty of refills for the othe=
r.
(ventolin) =A0i guess i really ought to get my rear end back over there an=
d
talk to her some more. =A0i just hate spending that much money on doctor
visits. =A0aarrgghh...
I can understand that but after I was first diagnosed I was advised by
my doctor that relying on my reliver inhaler and not taking the
preventer was just papering over the cracks; sooner or later the whole
wall would come down. And it did, it took that to get the message into
my thick skull that I need to take this seriously. Asthma is an
autoimmune disease, as I'm sure you know, and you need steroids to
keep that in check and inhaled steroids are the safest way to deliver
the tiny doses needed.
I can't emphasise this enough: don't wait until you are being carted
off to hospital gasping for breath, it is absolutely terrifying and
can be fatal.
Oh, and turbohalers are much easier to use than metered-dose ones, you
just need to breathe in to get the doseage, no coordination needed.
And you're not destroying the ozone layer with CFCs!
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
08 Jan 2008 08:14:03 PM |
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On Jan 8, 4:08=A0pm, BoredToTears <beejayce...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On 8 Jan, 21:41, "used2be" <used...@nowhere.com> wrote:
she gave me a free one back in the fall, but no prescriptions for a refi=
ll
of it. =A0the preventer, that is. =A0i have plenty of refills for the ot=
her.
(ventolin) =A0i guess i really ought to get my rear end back over there =
and
talk to her some more. =A0i just hate spending that much money on doctor=
visits. =A0aarrgghh...
I can understand that but after I was first diagnosed I was advised by
my doctor that relying on my reliver inhaler and not taking the
preventer was just papering over the cracks; sooner or later the whole
wall would come down. And it did, it took that to get the message into
my thick skull that I need to take this seriously. Asthma is an
autoimmune disease, as I'm sure you know, and you need steroids to
keep that in check and inhaled steroids are the safest way to deliver
the tiny doses needed.
okay, it's starting to sink in now. :/ i'm hearin ya.
I can't emphasise this enough: don't wait until you are being carted
off to hospital gasping for breath, it is absolutely terrifying and
can be fatal.
i live in a bubble. i'm CONVINCED that things like that will never
happen to me. and then it usually does and i'm blown away by it. i
guess that's why they call it "denial." heh...
Oh, and turbohalers are much easier to use than metered-dose ones, you
just need to breathe in to get the doseage, no coordination needed.
And you're not destroying the ozone layer with CFCs!- Hide quoted text -
my new metered dose one is the new kind that doesn't affect the ozone
layer. but i have to wonder...if the original albuterol inhalers were
safe enough for people with asthma to ingest into their lungs, how
could it possibly hurt the ozone?
weird...
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| User: "Bacon" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:37:29 PM |
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:08:51 -0600, "used2be" <used2be@nowhere.com>
wrote:
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is that
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
we've had this discussion, no it's not okay to have to use a rescue
inhaler more than a couple times a WEEK, if you're on the appropriate
maintenance medication...have you ever had a full blown asthma attack?
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:43:50 PM |
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"Bacon" <rbkfour@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:j7v5o3d2t832urrsgn55a21q0m4drvseuh@4ax.com...
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:08:51 -0600, "used2be" <used2be@nowhere.com>
wrote:
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is
that
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
we've had this discussion, no it's not okay to have to use a rescue
inhaler more than a couple times a WEEK, if you're on the appropriate
maintenance medication...have you ever had a full blown asthma attack?
okay okay...so i need to go back to the doc...geez! :-D
no, i haven't had the kind where you end up in the ER, thank God. i've only
been asthmatic for about 14 months now. sometimes the symptoms are pretty
scary, though. i hope i never have to find out what a severe attack is
like.
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:21:58 PM |
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_/ used2be <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote \_
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is that
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
No, it's bad. You shouldn't be using your inhalor that much. It'll give
you a heart attack. You probably need steroids or something stronger
from your doctor to beat it if it keeps up.
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-slunky
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:35:05 PM |
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"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrnfo5uit.2r8s.slunky@evo.zero...
_/ used2be <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote \_
i'm having to use my inhaler every 2 to 3 hours today. and i'm having a
TERRIBLE time breathing. lots of wheezing and shortness of breath. is
that
okay and expected every so often? i mean, as far as you know...
No, it's bad. You shouldn't be using your inhalor that much. It'll give
you a heart attack. You probably need steroids or something stronger
from your doctor to beat it if it keeps up.
you scared me so i read up on it. it seems mine is okay to use that often
if the asthma is flaring up, thankfully. but you are right...i need to see
my doctor.
here's what i read:
The situation changes when asthma flares up and you are having an attack. If
you have ever been to the Emergency Department of a hospital for your
asthma, you know that bronchodilator medications can be given safely as
often as every 20 minutes for quick relief of an asthma attack. The same is
true at home. If you are having worsened asthma symptoms and need quick
relief, you can safely use your inhaler as often as every 30-60 minutes for
2-3 hours without significant risk of harmful side effects. In particular,
unless you have a known serious heart condition, there is no danger to your
heart when using bronchodilator inhalers with this frequency for a short
period of time.
There is a risk from using your bronchodilator inhalers too much, but the
danger is not to your heart. The risk is that over-reliance on a medication
that only relaxes the muscles surrounding the breathing tubes will lead to a
delay in the administration of other, needed medications that will reduce
the swelling and congestion of the breathing tubes. That is to say, while
you get brief relief of asthmatic symptoms from your bronchodilator inhaler,
your asthma may be worsening as the breathing tubes become more swollen and
filled with mucus. It is possible to overuse bronchodilators to the point of
delaying other, crucial treatments, usually in the form of steroid
medications taken in tablet form.
Think of it this way: how often you need your bronchodilator medication for
relief of asthmatic symptoms can be a useful indicator of how well your
asthma is under control. If you need your bronchodilator inhaler every day,
several times a day, there are probably better treatments that you should be
receiving to keep your asthma quiet. If you need your bronchodilator inhaler
as often as every 1-2 hours for relief of asthma symptoms, you are having an
attack and need to do something immediately to prevent difficulty in
breathing that is potentially dangerous. What actions to take in such an
urgent situation should be specified as part of your asthma
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:39:37 PM |
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_/ used2be <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote \_
you scared me so i read up on it. it seems mine is okay to use that often
if the asthma is flaring up, thankfully. but you are right...i need to see
my doctor.
here's what i read:
I can't use mine too much because it gives me heart palpitations.
Luckily, I haven't needed to now that the cat's gone. I'm really using
it sparingly because it's my last good one. The new one tastes like
glue.
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-slunky
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| User: "used2be" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:45:04 PM |
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"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
news:slrnfo5vk0.2r8s.slunky@evo.zero...
_/ used2be <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote \_
you scared me so i read up on it. it seems mine is okay to use that
often
if the asthma is flaring up, thankfully. but you are right...i need to
see
my doctor.
here's what i read:
I can't use mine too much because it gives me heart palpitations.
Luckily, I haven't needed to now that the cat's gone. I'm really using
it sparingly because it's my last good one. The new one tastes like
glue.
yeah...i've got the glue tasting one. :/
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:53:13 PM |
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_/ used2be <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote \_
yeah...i've got the glue tasting one. :/
ProAir?
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-slunky
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| User: "Bacon" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:45:51 PM |
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On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:39:37 GMT, slunky <slunky@globalzero.org>
wrote:
_/ used2be <used2be@nowhere.com> wrote \_
you scared me so i read up on it. it seems mine is okay to use that often
if the asthma is flaring up, thankfully. but you are right...i need to see
my doctor.
here's what i read:
I can't use mine too much because it gives me heart palpitations.
Luckily, I haven't needed to now that the cat's gone. I'm really using
it sparingly because it's my last good one. The new one tastes like
glue.
What happened to the cat? Don't tell me if it's bad...
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| User: "slunky" |
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| Title: Re: slunky (asthma question)... |
07 Jan 2008 10:53:50 PM |
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_/ Bacon <rbkfour@yahoo.com> wrote \_
What happened to the cat? Don't tell me if it's bad...
The cat moved to my wife's friend's house. I still see him from time to
time , but he doesn't live with me anymore.
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-slunky
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