Advair/Proventil

[Guest guest]

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About Advair and Proventil, if you're taking the maximum dose of

each, you're getting a hell of a lot of a bronchodilator in your

body. They are not absolutely contraindicated, but Jessa said she

was having shakes, and I was just trying to point out it probably

wasn't from the Advair, but from the combination of the Advair AND

Proventil.

If you're taking Advair and more than occasional Proventil, you're

either on too low a dose of the Advair or you're just not under

control, in my opinion. You're basically taking a double dose of

bronchodilator. It doesn't mean you should never take Proventil

with Advair. Hope that clarifes.

About the desens, this might sound too strong and harsh, but I don't

think it's just what people feel comfortable with. I don't see any

reason anyone should not try desensitization at a hospital if they

have really severe Samters. It just makes no sense to me. People

will put all kinds of other nasty things in their bodies, especially

the steroids, but they won't go and try a procedure that could

potentially be life-changing and even life-saving. I don't really

understand it.

It all depends on how severe the Samters is. For me my Samters was

so severe, as it sounds like Jessa's is, that it had taken over my

life and I was in danger of dying from asthma. It didn't even feel

like it was a choice I had to make, it was an opportunity that had

been made available to me and I had to try it. It felt foolhardy

not to.

I do respect people's decisions, but I also think there is a point

when it's life-endangering not to try a treatment. Especially if

you can't take steroids!

I do understand that diet and other methods can help, and I'm not

knocking those, but I really feel like the cycle of Samters can get

so bad that something drastic such as the desense is needed to

reduce the level of inflammation for a while.

I hope this makes sense and doesn't sound too harsh. I would not

advocate desense for absolutely everyone (some people do not have

the level of severity with their Samters that others do), but when

nothing else has helped and you still can't breathe ....

Lori

[Guest guest]

Lori,

I take the Proventil mainly as a rescue measure. I don't use it daily.

I take Advair daily but I misunderstood what was said by Jessa and you.

I didn't take what you said as harsh. I understand where you are

coming from because you have been helped tremendously with desense,

you want others to get the same help.