for those that have read my posts regardning my asthma?

Question

i went to the dr today he gave me 3 medicines one is xopenex hfa(levalbuterol tartrate) which he gave me instead of the albuterol cause i think i overdosed on the albuterol and caused my chest tightness and hes says it weaker and has less side effects on your heart..and he gave me a steroid inhaler called azmacort(triamcinolone acetonide) and singulair..just wanted to update all of you and see if you think this is a good selection of medication

Answer 1

FWIW

I was taking xopenex, I had "side effects" listed in the overdose
literature

I was down to 1 puff a day and still had side effects


Haven't done the other two

Answer 2

It sounds like your doctor is really on top of things. I can tell you from personal experience that Azmacort is the only thing that kept me out of the hospital. It is very powerful. My doctor also had me on singular as well. Both of these drugs are to prevent asthma only. As to the Xopenex, I have no experience with it but it certainly sounds appropriate. I'd give your doctor a gold star. Great breathing to you.

Answer 3

my son is on xopenex, pulmicort(simular to Azmacort) and zyrtek(allergic to something in singular) and sometimes prednisone . It seems that your doctor has got a fairly good medicine set up for you. It takes a few weeks to really notice a bigg difference with the steriod and allergy med as they build up in your system. I would reccomend asking about being checked for enviromental and food allergys. We have found if we eliminate certain foods his asthma isnt as bad.

Answer 4

Dr. Batmanheldi in his book, "Your not sick, your thirsty. Your bodies many cries for water" suggests many of our health problems are due to lack of hydration. He points out that the lungs have postules that have a small amount of water in them that help us breathe. The brain takes first priority over water consumption and when the body is dehydrated, the brain will start pulling water from less essential areas. When the brain takes the water from the lungs, it will close up the lungs to reserve water. Try drinking half your body weight in ounces of water, ex: 150lbs = 75 ounces daily. Try it with your medicine for one week and feel the difference.

The kind of water can make a difference as well. The cluster size of water needs to be small enough to get into the cells and hydrate. Tap water and most bottled water do not do that. Try a bottled water from the health food store like Penta or Smart water. They are expensive. You can make you own for less though with a treatment system like the one we bought for our son.

Answer 5

Depends on how the question is written. Poor spelling and text short cuts are annoying. Questions that read like a novel-well why not skim to just get to the key points?