NationStates Jolt Archive


Asthmatic NSers?

Daistallia 2104
19-04-2006, 16:29
Anyone else here have asthma?

Partly just curious and partly because i have a question about a "new" med my doc prescribed.
Yootopia
19-04-2006, 16:43
Big up the asthmatic massif!

Although my doctor says that I don't really need an inhaler, as it's not that bad.
Macdar
19-04-2006, 16:44
Symptomatic asthma is how my doctor put it. I get severely asthmatic when I get sick.
The Black Forrest
19-04-2006, 16:58
As the doc calls it I have allergy related Asthma....

What's the drug?
Daistallia 2104
19-04-2006, 17:03
As the doc calls it I have allergy related Asthma....

What's the drug?

Salmeterol. He's told me a fair bit about it, and I can't seem to find anything bad about it online...
Kellarly
19-04-2006, 17:12
I had it, so I can sympathise. Fortunately I seem to have grown out of it in the last few years, although my lung capacity isn't what it should be, but I am striving to keep healthy to try and bring it up to its best.
The Black Forrest
19-04-2006, 17:23
-edit- sorry misread. The nothing bad comment didn't register. No coffee yet. ;)

Salmeterol. He's told me a fair bit about it, and I can't seem to find anything bad about it online...

I was going to say I haven't heard of it but in fact I use something that has it in it.

It's a pill crusher that you inhale. I use it when there is crap in my lungs. It does clear them out.

You really don't see anything on a search? I found 10 pages worth.....

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a695001.html

http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/cx1401.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/salmeterol/article.htm

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/ANS01248.html

http://www.advair.com/
This is the thing I use. Each dose is 250 mcg Fluticasone and 50 mcg Salmeterol