Guest guest Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hi donachi,I am so glad to have questions I can definitively answer. LOL. So much about asthma is relative. Yes, the albuterol capsule you use at home is the same as the one used in the hospital. The difference you feel is that the hospital generally uses oxygen to run the nebulizer and at home the nebulizer used forced room air. Also, either with regular air or oxygen, the hospital uses a closed system. This air is not the same air as in the room. It does tend to be warmer. However, the temperature of the air really doesn't make a difference to the effectiveness of the treatment. Albuterol works by opening the constricted passages in the lungs. When the lungs are constricted you produce excess pleghm in the body's effort to "grease the pipe" so to speak. So, opening the passageways makes it easier to move the pleghm and decrease the production thereof. MadelineTo: asthma Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 5:41:05 PMSubject: Nebulizer questions Hi group, I just finished my 2nd albuterol treatment at home. l've had the albuterol treatments in the hospital but not at home . Is it the same dosage 2.5/3m? Should the air be warm? I thought the treatment in the hospital was warm air. Can anybody explain what the albuterol does to the lungs. In 2 treatments my cough is almost gone. I'm not spitting up pleghm or blowing my nose as much. True, I am taking an allergy pill maybe that helps too. . Everything helps and is needed to keep our airways free. donachi39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Madeline, Thank you. I understand and your explanation makes it sound comforting I use a diposable plastic vial with a clear liquid . . is that the same as the capsule? Thanks, donachi39 Hi donachi, I am so glad to have questions I can definitively answer. LOL. So much about asthma is relative. Yes, the albuterol capsule you use at home is the same as the one used in the hospital. The difference you feel is that the hospital generally uses oxygen to run the nebulizer and at home the nebulizer used forced room air. Also, either with regular air or oxygen, the hospital uses a closed system. This air is not the same air as in the room. It does tend to be warmer. However, the temperature of the air really doesn't make a difference to the effectiveness of the treatment. Albuterol works by opening the constricted passages in the lungs. When the lungs are constricted you produce excess pleghm in the body's effort to " grease the pipe " so to speak. So, opening the passageways makes it easier to move the pleghm and decrease the production thereof. Madeline To: asthma Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 5:41:05 PMSubject: Nebulizer questions Hi group, I just finished my 2nd albuterol treatment at home. l've had the albuterol treatments in the hospital but not at home . Is it the same dosage 2.5/3m? Should the air be warm? I thought the treatment in the hospital was warm air. Can anybody explain what the albuterol does to the lungs. In 2 treatments my cough is almost gone. I'm not spitting up pleghm or blowing my nose as much. True, I am taking an allergy pill maybe that helps too. . Everything helps and is needed to keep our airways free. donachi39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Yes. Technically it is called a respule. MadelineTo: asthma Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 4:11:59 PMSubject: Re: Nebulizer questions Hi Madeline, Thank you. I understand and your explanation makes it sound comforting I use a diposable plastic vial with a clear liquid . . is that the same as the capsule? Thanks, donachi39 Hi donachi, I am so glad to have questions I can definitively answer. LOL. So much about asthma is relative. Yes, the albuterol capsule you use at home is the same as the one used in the hospital. The difference you feel is that the hospital generally uses oxygen to run the nebulizer and at home the nebulizer used forced room air. Also, either with regular air or oxygen, the hospital uses a closed system. This air is not the same air as in the room. It does tend to be warmer. However, the temperature of the air really doesn't make a difference to the effectiveness of the treatment. Albuterol works by opening the constricted passages in the lungs. When the lungs are constricted you produce excess pleghm in the body's effort to "grease the pipe" so to speak. So, opening the passageways makes it easier to move the pleghm and decrease the production thereof. Madeline To: asthma Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 5:41:05 PMSubject: Nebulizer questions Hi group, I just finished my 2nd albuterol treatment at home. l've had the albuterol treatments in the hospital but not at home . Is it the same dosage 2.5/3m? Should the air be warm? I thought the treatment in the hospital was warm air. Can anybody explain what the albuterol does to the lungs. In 2 treatments my cough is almost gone. I'm not spitting up pleghm or blowing my nose as much. True, I am taking an allergy pill maybe that helps too. . Everything helps and is needed to keep our airways free. donachi39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 That is the same thing...yes. It is interesting to see how different the neb treatments I get are...lol. Ive only had one neb treatment at the hospital on base where it was run off the oxygen..and it took forever. Usually I get a jet neb (like what we have at home) with duoneb and that turns me around. Ann Nebulizer questions Hi group, I just finished my 2nd albuterol treatment at home. l've had the albuterol treatments in the hospital but not at home . Is it the same dosage 2.5/3m? Should the air be warm? I thought the treatment in the hospital was warm air. Can anybody explain what the albuterol does to the lungs. In 2 treatments my cough is almost gone. I'm not spitting up pleghm or blowing my nose as much. True, I am taking an allergy pill maybe that helps too. . Everything helps and is needed to keep our airways free. donachi39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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