Guest guest Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 I have been using asthma inhalers for twenty years at least. All medications have drawbacks, but it's better than an asthma attack, especially since some asthmatics have died from them. Everyone reacts differently to medication, but so far my medication has been " well tolerated " as the docors say. Thank God. I only have mild to moderate asthma. I think the pills are mostly for people with more severe cases. Robin P.S. I have no intention of dying young. From: " " <jc137@...> Reply- < > Subject: For : Inhalers Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:36:32 -0500 , Can you give me more details on the evils of asthma inhalers? I don't know exactly what he uses, but he was also taking pills of some sort. My boyfriend (the singer's brother) also uses an inhaler, but only before he exercises. Please share--they all think I'm CRAZY when I say " God willing, I'll never taking another prescription drug again. " I agree that most drugs do more harm than good, but this belief is based on a general philosophy rather than scientific evidence. Actually, the only evidence **I** require is to look at their mother: Despite the 20 meds she takes a day she is blessed with high blood pressure, life threatening allergies, severe depression and anxiety, breast cancer, a stroke, diabetes, and chronic constipation. I say, no thanks, doc! Thanks, ********** Good Christ, he uses it every day? He's heading straight for an early grave! I've gone through periods when I had to use my inhaler every day (or even multiple times per day) and it's ruinous. There'll come a time when the inhaler just doesn't work, or when the rebound kills him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2003 Report Share Posted February 8, 2003 Hi . A friend of mine who live in Albuquerque has really severe asthma. Did inhalers and pills daily. I suggested he try colostrum, as I had read that it did wonders for asthma. He tried it and within a week he was off both inhalers and pills. He also was able to do a 14 mile hike in 5000 foot elevation. I was amazed. It does not seem to have healed him, as when he doesn't take it the asthma comes back. But when he does take it he has no problems. I think he takes 3-6 caps a day. It is pure organic, with no milk in it. Blessings Donna http://www.excellentthings.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: For : Inhalers , Can you give me more details on the evils of asthma inhalers? I don't know exactly what he uses, but he was also taking pills of some sort. My boyfriend (the singer's brother) also uses an inhaler, but only before he exercises. Please share--they all think I'm CRAZY when I say " God willing, I'll never taking another prescription drug again. " I agree that most drugs do more harm than good, but this belief is based on a general philosophy rather than scientific evidence. Actually, the only evidence **I** require is to look at their mother: Despite the 20 meds she takes a day she is blessed with high blood pressure, life threatening allergies, severe depression and anxiety, breast cancer, a stroke, diabetes, and chronic constipation. I say, no thanks, doc! Thanks, ********** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Adding my $.02 - My husband has had stress-induced asthma for about 10 years, and has two inhalers. I think he uses one 2x day, and the other 1x a day. He recently changed his long term (1x) inhaler to a new formula, and has had a lot of success. A couple of months later he went low-carb, and has improved so much that he's been able to cut down on both inhalers, and hopes to ditch them both in the not-to-distant future. He also allergies to various types of pollen, but now that I think about it, he complained a lot less this fall than he has in the past...hmm. I guess the big test will come the next time we go home to Vermont during the high pollen season, as a few years ago he was a virtual indoor prisoner, his breathing was so poor. Anyway, that's his story. Dryad -- http://www.puritycontrol.co.uk - XF rec's at The Grove, updated 2/1/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2003 Report Share Posted February 20, 2003 - >Can you give me more details on the evils of asthma inhalers? Sorry I didn't get back to you before, but here's something from Mercola, though it doesn't appear to be on his site anymore. >>ASTHMA MEDICATION MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF CARDIAC FAILURE >> >>Use of long-acting beta-2 agonists may increase the risk of non-fatal >>cardiac failure and ischemic heart disease. Researchers compared the >>rates of adverse cardiovascular events reported in studies of 12,294 >>patients prescribed the mast cell stabilizer nedocromil, 15,407 >>prescribed the inhaled beta-2 agonist salmeterol, and 8,098 prescribed >>the oral beta-2 agonist bambuterol. Most of these prescriptions were for >> " asthma/wheeze. " After adjusting for age and sex, the relative risk of >>non-fatal cardiac failure associated with bambuterol use was 3.41, >>compared to the reference drug nedocromil. For salmeterol, the relative >>risk was 1.1. Again compared to nedocromil, the adjusted relative risks >>for non-fatal ischemic disease were 1.23 for bambuterol and 1.07 for >>salmeterol. For the first month of b ambuterol use, the relative risk was 3.95. >> >>Thorax July, 1998;53:558-562. >> >>COMMENT: The beta 2 agonists are the common inhalers that most asthmatics >>use. Typical examples would be Ventolin, Proventil, Albuterol, and >>Maxair. The drug bambuterol is an English cousin of these drugs. This is >>a very interesting report. It is the first one that I am aware of to >>document that these inhalers can increase the risk of heart failure. This >>is not good especially when there are so many wonderful treatments >>available. Examples would be 12 glasses of water per day, mold >>immunotherapy and slow breathing like we teach in our office that would >>raise carbon dioxide levels and open up the lung airways. Here's something from http://www.drgreene.com/21_806.html >Unfortunately its success is its greatest danger. All too often, children >with wheezing will use a Proventil inhaler alone to treat the symptoms. >Each time they use a puff of the inhaler they feel better, but all the >while the airway lining is swelling and filling with mucus and fluid. >Finally the symptoms come back, but the Proventil inhaler is no longer >effective since the airway muscles are already as relaxed as they can get. >At that point it is too late to relieve the swelling and inflammation and >the child suffocates. And on the subject of rebound asthma, from http://www.cpmc.columbia.edu/whichis/private/aim/18ASTHMA.html >Beta2 agonists administered orally or by inhaler act to relax smooth >muscle and to stabilize mast cells. They are not antiinflammatory agents. >Inhaled beta2 agonists act in minutes to hours and are effective for mild >to moderate symptoms of asthma. They are prescribed on an as-needed basis >because of concerns about possible deleterious effects of heavy use. A >recent trial comparing standing and as-needed beta2 agonists found no >difference in effectiveness between these two strategies. Side effects >include tachyphylaxis, rebound bronchoconstriction and, possibly, >tolerance associated with escalating use. Long-acting beta2 agonists such >as salmeterol (Serevent) have recently become available in the United >States, although regular use may lead to tolerance. Spacer devices >(Aerochamber, InspirEase) can be prescribed for patients and can >facilitate particle delivery. Explanations on how to correctly use the >metered dose inhaler and spacer are in Tables 2 and 3. Serevent, which is kind of an all-day preventive version of albuterol, made my asthma much worse. The first two days were heaven -- I don't remember when I've ever breathed better -- but after that it stopped working and I actually got worse, and worse yet, my albuterol inhaler has never worked as well since. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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