I've had asthma all my life, but in the past 5 years its gotten chronic,?

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where nothing will help except Prednisone . Is my body ever going to be non-dependent on this medication.. I've tried weaning off several times,but after a couple days back comes the asthma.Can anyone help me? Please don't say Dr's. They can't even figure it out.

Answer 1

Hello i also suffer from bad asthma

there can be trigger factors that you don't even realize like food.... these can be Wheat dairy products

there is also a book called Asthma free naturally by Partrick Mckeowen that teaches breathing techniques

Answer 2

Asthma is an allergy and is triggered by something. The best non medication treatment for asthma is learning your triggers and avoiding them. Common triggers are smoke, dust, mold, mildew, plants, dust mites, pets and grass/weeds.

If you can not figure our your triggers, you may need to see an allergist and have allergy screening done. This may point out your triggers.

The National Asthma Prevention Program and the Expert Panel of Diagnosis and Management of Asthma both agree if you have to use a prescription inhaler such as albuterol more then two time per week, your asthma is NOT in control and you will need a prescription controller medication.

Controller medications are steroids (Asthmacort Asthmanex, Flovent, Pulmocort), Leukotriene modifier (Singulair, Aculade, Zyflo) or mast cell stabilizers (Cromolyn sodium, Intal, Tilade).

You may want to talk to your doctor about several strong controller medications and maybe Xolair shots.

If you want a proven, all-natural way to cure your asthma, without having to pay for useless medications with harmful side-effects, then this is the most important page you'll ever read.

Answer 3

Ok so its gotten worse in the last 5 yrs.
somethings to consider.
Do you have a cat??
carpets? are you around a smoker?Please say you don;t smoke.
These are some of the main triggers of asthma.
Something in your life was added 5yrs ago that is still there that is the culprit. You need to figure it out and eliminate it.
All the doctors can do is control your symptoms only you know what has changed that could be the culprit.
Deodorants, shampoos, perfumes. It will take you time to figure it
out but you need to be patient and diligent in trying to find it.

I gave you the top ones. When I finally figured out which ones were doing it to my son, who I might add was constantly wheezing, on prednisone, multiple trips to the ER because I couldn't control them.
I am happy so say he has not been to the ER for 2yrs. Rarely used an inhaler and is off his asthma meds completely this last year.

I wish you all the best.

Answer 4

prednisone is actually a steroid, looks like your doctor prescribed you some prednisone because your allergies are somewhat severe, or that your body is extra-sensitive to the allergen that triggers your asthma. what steroids does is that it helps you tolerate those allergens. the bad news is that asthma or your allergies itself my never go away and it may seem that you may need your prednisone (hopefully it will remain effective after a couple of years) for long-term therapy.

one option that can be done though... it may be costly, but it's worth it... is called "desensitization". my sister had a bad case of asthma when it comes to dust, something that cannot be avoided. so we brought her to an allergy specialist, and what they did was injected her a solution that will trigger her asthma -- same as dust could -- and this would be followed by a bronchodilator therapy (nebulizer) since this would trigger an attack. every week, she gets injected... and over the weeks, her tolerance for the "dust" (the chemical) increases, therefore the doctor increases the dosage -- this is done until she is almost tolerant to the allergen. and for years, she has not had an asthma attack that has been triggered by dust. she has pollen allergies though, so that maybe another therapy for her.

i am not 100%, but there may be chances that you may be non-dependent to prednison eventually, that is if you become "immune" to the allergen and you increase your tolerance. but always bring your metered dose inhaler with you wherever you go and use it when needed. don't attempt to "immune" yourself to the allergen by not taking the medication. that's a completely different story.

Answer 5

Have a look at any changes that you have made to your lifestyle including your environment, stress and any factors that have changed that could have affected your condition.
I was using a Ventolin inhaler for years and it was getting worse and I am generally a very healthy and fit person.
I needed to make lifestyle changes and since doing so I have not required medication for approximately 5 years and feel healthier than ever.
I did keep the inhaler on hand for quite some time as a security measure but now I don't even have one and I was very susceptible to the cold, stress and breathlessness after exercise.
Doctors are often too fast to medicate when there are better solutions.

Answer 6

Asthma is a genetic disease often characterized by inflammation of the air passages. This is usually caused by certain triggers especially allergens. There are two types of medications involved in asthma, the controllers and the relievers. In your case you nedd the controllers, that would include your steroids. But since you've been to a lot of physicians and i think they could have given you the right meds. I guess the problem is in your surrounding. Make sure that you are not exposed to allergens especially dusts, pollens, allergenic food, too much cold or even stress. Sad to say, sometimes you need to change your environmental set up!

Answer 7

I sympathise, many doctors are useless when it comes to asthma. I waas lucky to find a good asthma clinic at my local public hospital, which ran an excellent asthma education course. Now I find myself telling doctors what treatment I need!

Prednisone is reserved for major asthma attacks or extremely severe asthma. If you are taking prednisone, then I'm assuming you are trying to wean yourself off that on to something safer and more suitable, such as a preventer inhaler. If you are trying to wean yourself off it on to nothing, then that is never going to work.

Apologies if I am teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but if your asthma is that bad, you simply won't be able to manage without a preventer inhaler taken religiously every day, probably twice a day. These also contain steroids, but in micrograms instead of milligrams, i.e. a tiny fraction of the dose. This works because the steroid goes straight into your lungs, where it's needed, instead of having to work its way through your system from your stomach (when you swallow a tablet).

Depending where you live, preventer inhalers have different names. In the UK the most common one is Seretide, in the US it's called Advair. They come in different dose levels and you should start with the highest dose, and you may need to take three or four puffs a day. There's nothing wrong with going into the doctor's surgery and telling him that is what you want.

These inhalers will only maintain you, they won't improve your breathing. So you may need a short course of Prednisone to kick start you, then switch over to the preventer. As well as that, you may still need a reliever inhaler such as Ventolin for the occasional time when you feel breathless, such as after exercise.

If you haven't got one already, go and get yourself a Peak Flow Meter. It's a small plastic device that you blow into, so you can measure your lung capacity. Most of them come with a chart which indicates what reading you should be able to get, depending on your age. If your asthma is getting worse, your lung capacity will fall. If you check the meter every day, you will be able to pick up on a small decline before you're aware of the change in your breathing. Then, you can take an extra puff of your preventer to nip the problem in the bud there and then. If you wait until you start to feel more breathless, it may have gone too far and you'll need more Prednisone to get you back up to the right level.

Though food allergies aren't as common as some people think, it's worth keeping a food diary and noting whether any foods affect you (use the peak flow meter to check whether you're imagining things).

Remember it's possible to develop new allergies, to things that didn't affect you before. If it's something that's in your house all the time, it could be having a dramatic effect - for instance, if you've suddenly developed an allergy to your pet dog, or to your favourite mohair sweater, or to your favourite food.

Answer 8

as long as you have narcotics on your device, all drug tests and urine or blood tests won't coach something strange. My daughter has had persistent chest wall soreness and grow to be hooked on morphine and vicodin for over a twelve months. Her coaching well being midsection medical docs in simple terms stored prescribing extreme doses til she grow to be virtually a zombie. each and every try she had confirmed no longer something strange. She has rehabbed, on her very own, with phsyciatrists help, and all new medical docs at a clean well being midsection. finally xrays and an top physique MRI confirmed she has a uncommon syndrome noted as Xiphoidynia (Z-eye-foi-dee-nee-ah), an imflamation of the xiphoid technique, a small boney shape that hangs down from the backside of the sternum. Treatable with the two injections to the joint or surgical operation. we are hoping for the surgical operation. possibly the medical institution you employ can set up a fee plan for you. maximum will try this for uninsured sufferers. stable luck on your seek for acceptable care and coverings.

Answer 9

You have received alot of great advice above! If your asthma is getting worse - something is not working and needs to be adjusted! My advice would be similar to checking out the Advair disc, and using a maintenace med such as singulair along with the Advair disc which is a steroid. (both are much safer for long term usage than prednisone) Also, consider going to an allergist - I took my son to one - and found out exactly what things he was allergic to (they test for dust, pollen, trees, grasses etc... also foods) This helped us alot. Prior to this the Doctor told us we had to get rid of our 2 cats which I had much longer than my son- His major allergies were dust, and all grasses and trees, ragweed etc...on a scale of 1-10 these were a 10 for him) He was allergic to rabbits and on a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the most allergic - cats were only a 2! I ended up ripping up my rugs, buying a special laundry additive for the dust mites (for his bedding) getting special sheets and pillowcases from a catalog the allergy doctor gave me, I put a certain type of material inside our vent covers for dust from the furnace & A/C. etc... and a special Hepa filter for the Furnace, and I did not get rid of my cats!! I also used the A/C alot more - No Open windows during allergy season! He also was put on Advair daily for a while and took Singulair every night for a few months along with allergy pills. He started getting weekly injections of what he was allergic to - in minor doses that they slowly built up (this is called being desensitized). He only took his Albuterol inhaler when he had an attack - which got less and less after all of this (he still has an attack every once in a while even today - but now only about 1x a year, he is 17 & off all his meds now for about 2 years . I have 2 cats still -but not the same ones.) And he was a kid who started with asthma at 4 and was in the Emergency room at least 2 -3 times a year, had the Croup until he was 14 (usually after 8 you do not get croup - because your lungs have matured enough - but his didn't) He also only went for shots for only two years. He hasn't gotten shots now for over two years.
At first - when I did all the above - I didn't notice too much of a difference - but after a few months I did - a huge differnce. Some boys tend to have less attacks after they reach puberty - but at that point in his life his asthma had gotten alot worse! Go figure!

Another thing that will help you is doing lung exercises to increase your lung capacity. A peak flow meter measures your lung capacity (the ability to be able to breath out and when the reading is lower than normal you are having an attack). Ask your Doc about one of these or they might even sell it in the drugstore now. This will even help increase your lung capacity if you blow into it frequently.
Sometimes different things work better for different people also. Your meds might have been used for so long - the effectiveness is starting to wane. You might need to try something else - but sometimes just one thing is not enough as in my son's case.

Also stress definately, definately can trigger an attack - also high humidity - hence the usage of air conditioning will help to control attacks (of course along with your med's) Sometimes as you might already know it could be a combination of 2 or more things that can trigger an attack - but one alone might not.

Are there things that have changed in the past five years as far as animals? Your Diet? Less exercise? All these could be factors - You could become allergic to things that you never were before - your body changes! Please go to an allergist if you can!!

Also - are you getting up there in age? Sometimes as you get older your lung capacity diminishes with a long history of asmtha - research lung exercises you can do.

Answer 10

why dint you try fish medicine given once in the first week of June every year, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. People in lacs from all over will come on that specific day and take the medicine once a year for three time. Although it is medically not pr oven, it is traditional and many people coming from all over the world satisfies one and all that this fish medicine is effective.