Re: help

June 18, 2007

They give me Xopenex, it is supposed to replace albuterol. It is supposed be a clearer form.It depends on your diagnosis from your Dr., Mine had to write asthma as the primary sickness. Bourg wrote: I live near I use to be on abuterol inhalers but the company dicontuined it. What I want to know is how can you get it.Barbs Cajun Home <cajnhalos> wrote: Wow I may have lousy drs here in lousiana but my albuterol only runs me less than 25.00. My asmanex runs about 125.00 and my flonaise is running about 86.00 barb [sPAM] Re: help My abuterol inhaler is just $44.00 Bourg <kmanjames> wrote: I am on provental Inhalers and they are good you are to see if you can get that Martha <del-maratlantic (DOT) net> wrote: Yeppers. You and I are in the same boat. My doctor just prescribed Flovent, which will cost me $124 (I presume per month) and the newly patented, "environmentally friendly" Albuterol "rescue" inhaler will be at least $99 instead of the $22 that the

"old," generic, Albuterol was costing me. I live on about $15,000/yr and don't know how I'm going to spend more than 10% of my income on these two prescriptions. And I've got six years to go before I get to Medicare...and make "too much" to qualify for Medicaid. (And then all these news stories ask why we're not saving anything!) Anybody have some tips where to get our drugs more inexpensively?> I really don't know how people with asthma can afford advair, because > there is no way i can afford it, Here advair cost $160.00>> Martha wrote:>> Thank you for educating me. In my experience I'd been offered, or> taken, one or the other, but not both at the same time. It's really> important that we all communicate with each other so that we can> understand all the convolutions of this lousy ailment--that's

the> beauty of belonging to this board...together we're more than any of us> would be as individuals.>> Over the 50+ years I've had asthma, I've found that it's important to> keep potassium levels up to par. It's easy to slip into muscle cramps.> And when you think about it, the constriction of the smooth muscles> can contribute to our bronchial tubes closing up on us. One doc I had> (a pulmonary guy in Washington DC) told me to keep myself well hydrated> and he recommended Gatorade, which I happen to detest, but drink it> anyway.> >> > I'm on Singulair, Advair, Prednisone 10mg, Xopenex and Xolair. I've> > gained 5 - 10 lbs since the Prednisone but I had lost about 15 lbs> > before being diagnosed about 8 months ago from being so sick for> > months prior to that. As far as pain as a

side effect of any of the> > drugs I have not really had any to speak of. I have had a few > charlie> > horse tyle cramps in my legs and feet new and then at night when I'm> > sleeping which from what I read can be a side effect of the Advair. > > Anyway just thought I'd chime in that in some cases at least Advair> > and Singulair are used together. Also my son has had Asthma for over> > 20 years and he is on the Advair and Singulair combination and does> > very well on it.> >> > Martha wrote:> >> > Am certainly no doctor, but from your description, it sounds as if > your> > dosage might be too high. My asthma was nicely controlled from age 8> > to age 21 with 5mg of cortisone/prednisone a day. > Cortisone/prednisone> > (corticosteroid) is an anti-inflammatory, which helps the

bronchial> > tubes to go from inflamed to a more normal status.> > Cortisone/prednisone side effects typically present as "moon face,"> > (facial swelling), general weight gain (it enhances appetite), a very> > hard abdomen (not the good "workout" kind lol). It can also increase> > chance of glaucoma. I've known several other asthmatics who've been > on> > corticosteroids, but have never heard of any having the painful> > problems you describe. Usually it's just general weight gain. Am also> > puzzled that Advair would cause swelling. There have been reports of> > sudden death with Advair, but haven't heard about swelling. Were you> > prescribed both Singulair AND Advair to take at the same time? (I'm> > not saying it's wrong, it's just the first I've heard of it...)> >> > martha> > On Monday, June 18, 2007, at 10:15 AM,

foxfire290 wrote:> >> > > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has gotten> > > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can> > > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold > and> > of> > > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way> > they> > > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me > swell 2> > > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it> > > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.> > Lets> > > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to> > > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can> > be> > > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it to> >

> swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.> > > Dawn> > >> > >> >> >> >> >>> >> > Building a website is a piece of cake.> > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.> >>>>>>> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone > who knows.> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. Moody friends. Drama

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June 18, 2007

My primary is really good, but he referred me to a specialist for lungs. They are both very good to me. That other Dr. is not my regular dr. he is a gyne dr..dvaccaro@... wrote: I'm lucky that my primary care physician has asthma and insists on seeing me if I'm not feeling well. He understands how things can go downhill rapidly. Re: Re: helpHi, am new to this website. I have been reading all the e-mails. They are very interesting. The last time I was in the hospital with an asthma attack. They gave me that nebulizer stuff. Then they gave me prednisone. Well , I got better, but in the meantime I acted oddly. And they only gave me so much. They really did not wean me off of it like they should have. I took it for about a week, and then nothing. Boy, I thought I was losing my mind, I was crying, I thought about killing myself, I was so depressed. I felt odd. I felt like I was losing it. It really scared me. I called my counselor, and she talked to me for a long time. Then I called a nurse. I was like that for about 2 or 3 days, boy was I glad when it wore off. No one really did anything, but it sort of worked itself out of my system.The

next time I will be forwarned.foxfire290 wrote: Yesturday I was in the hospital they gave me two breathing treatments and two shots to open my lungs. They really didnt want to release me. They gave me a script for prednisone 40mg a day for 5 days I have albuterol inhaler and advair. I am just trying to make it till july when my appt to a pulmonolgist is. It so hard to believe that ppl have to wait months for an appt. Kind of like well if you are still breathing we can see you then. I seem to hyper sensitive to alot of things from cleaning items to foods to plants to fragrances. Sometimes it feels like society is trying to do me in lol. I know that isnt funny but ya know if I wasnt laughing I be crying. Prednisone gave me cushings disease as if everything else wasnt enough. Every day is like a battle to me but it is one i am going to win. So i modify if i have to to do what i need to do to get

what i need done. I was on so many meds i basically put them in the closet and shut the door. I try and take only what I really need. > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has gotten > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold and of > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way they > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me swell 2 > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back. Lets > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can be > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take

it, it to > swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular. > Dawn > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > ----------------Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows.Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.

June 18, 2007

I meant discontinued. I double checked where I read the date.. and found it here with a list of drug companies that still provide albuterol..

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/shortages/

Barbs

[sPAM] Re: help

My abuterol inhaler is just $44.00 Bourg <kmanjames> wrote:

I am on provental Inhalers and they are good you are to see if you can get that

Martha <del-maratlantic (DOT) net> wrote:

Yeppers. You and I are in the same boat. My doctor just prescribed Flovent, which will cost me $124 (I presume per month) and the newly patented, "environmentally friendly" Albuterol "rescue" inhaler will be at least $99 instead of the $22 that the "old," generic, Albuterol was costing me. I live on about $15,000/yr and don't know how I'm going to spend more than 10% of my income on these two prescriptions. And I've got six years to go before I get to Medicare...and make "too much" to qualify for Medicaid. (And then all these news stories ask why we're not saving anything!) Anybody have some tips where to get our drugs more inexpensively?> I really don't know how people with asthma can afford advair, because > there is no way i can afford it, Here advair cost $160.00>> Martha wrote:>> Thank you for educating me. In my experience I'd been offered, or> taken, one or the other, but not both at the same time. It's really> important that we all communicate with each other so that we can> understand all the convolutions of this lousy ailment--that's the> beauty of belonging to this board...together we're more than any of us> would be as individuals.>> Over the 50+ years I've had asthma, I've found that it's important to> keep potassium levels up to par. It's easy to slip into muscle cramps.> And when you think about it, the constriction of the smooth muscles> can contribute to our bronchial tubes closing up on us. One doc I had> (a pulmonary guy in Washington DC) told me to keep myself well hydrated> and he recommended Gatorade, which I happen to detest, but drink it> anyway.> >> > I'm on Singulair, Advair, Prednisone 10mg, Xopenex and Xolair. I've> > gained 5 - 10 lbs since the Prednisone but I had lost about 15 lbs> > before being diagnosed about 8 months ago from being so sick for> > months prior to that. As far as pain as a side effect of any of the> > drugs I have not really had any to speak of. I have had a few > charlie> > horse tyle cramps in my legs and feet new and then at night when I'm> > sleeping which from what I read can be a side effect of the Advair. > > Anyway just thought I'd chime in that in some cases at least Advair> > and Singulair are used together. Also my son has had Asthma for over> > 20 years and he is on the Advair and Singulair combination and does> > very well on it.> >> > Martha wrote:> >> > Am certainly no doctor, but from your description, it sounds as if > your> > dosage might be too high. My asthma was nicely controlled from age 8> > to age 21 with 5mg of cortisone/prednisone a day. > Cortisone/prednisone> > (corticosteroid) is an anti-inflammatory, which helps the bronchial> > tubes to go from inflamed to a more normal status.> > Cortisone/prednisone side effects typically present as "moon face,"> > (facial swelling), general weight gain (it enhances appetite), a very> > hard abdomen (not the good "workout" kind lol). It can also increase> > chance of glaucoma. I've known several other asthmatics who've been > on> > corticosteroids, but have never heard of any having the painful> > problems you describe. Usually it's just general weight gain. Am also> > puzzled that Advair would cause swelling. There have been reports of> > sudden death with Advair, but haven't heard about swelling. Were you> > prescribed both Singulair AND Advair to take at the same time? (I'm> > not saying it's wrong, it's just the first I've heard of it...)> >> > martha> > > >> > > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has gotten> > > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can> > > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold > and> > of> > > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way> > they> > > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me > swell 2> > > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it> > > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.> > Lets> > > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to> > > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can> > be> > > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it to> > > swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.> > > Dawn> > >> > >> >> >> >> >>> >> > Building a website is a piece of cake.> > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.> >>>>>>> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone > who knows.> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.>

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June 18, 2007

Do you think the weight gain and puffiness is just from water retention? My docs won't

change my Asmanex to another kind because they take one look at me and say I don't

have water retention. I could kick them in the ass. Excuse the language. I'm just so

upset with docs that THINK they know it all!

Char

[sPAM] Re: help

My abuterol inhaler is just $44.00 Bourg <kmanjames> wrote:

I am on provental Inhalers and they are good you are to see if you can get that

Martha <del-maratlantic (DOT) net> wrote:

Yeppers. You and I are in the same boat. My doctor just prescribed Flovent, which will cost me $124 (I presume per month) and the newly patented, "environmentally friendly" Albuterol "rescue" inhaler will be at least $99 instead of the $22 that the "old," generic, Albuterol was costing me. I live on about $15,000/yr and don't know how I'm going to spend more than 10% of my income on these two prescriptions. And I've got six years to go before I get to Medicare...and make "too much" to qualify for Medicaid. (And then all these news stories ask why we're not saving anything!) Anybody have some tips where to get our drugs more inexpensively?> I really don't know how people with asthma can afford advair, because > there is no way i can afford it, Here advair cost $160.00>> Martha wrote:>> Thank you for educating me. In my experience I'd been offered, or> taken, one or the other, but not both at the same time. It's really> important that we all communicate with each other so that we can> understand all the convolutions of this lousy ailment--that's the> beauty of belonging to this board...together we're more than any of us> would be as individuals.>> Over the 50+ years I've had asthma, I've found that it's important to> keep potassium levels up to par. It's easy to slip into muscle cramps.> And when you think about it, the constriction of the smooth muscles> can contribute to our bronchial tubes closing up on us. One doc I had> (a pulmonary guy in Washington DC) told me to keep myself well hydrated> and he recommended Gatorade, which I happen to detest, but drink it> anyway.> >> > I'm on Singulair, Advair, Prednisone 10mg, Xopenex and Xolair. I've> > gained 5 - 10 lbs since the Prednisone but I had lost about 15 lbs> > before being diagnosed about 8 months ago from being so sick for> > months prior to that. As far as pain as a side effect of any of the> > drugs I have not really had any to speak of. I have had a few > charlie> > horse tyle cramps in my legs and feet new and then at night when I'm> > sleeping which from what I read can be a side effect of the Advair. > > Anyway just thought I'd chime in that in some cases at least Advair> > and Singulair are used together. Also my son has had Asthma for over> > 20 years and he is on the Advair and Singulair combination and does> > very well on it.> >> > Martha wrote:> >> > Am certainly no doctor, but from your description, it sounds as if > your> > dosage might be too high. My asthma was nicely controlled from age 8> > to age 21 with 5mg of cortisone/prednisone a day. > Cortisone/prednisone> > (corticosteroid) is an anti-inflammatory, which helps the bronchial> > tubes to go from inflamed to a more normal status.> > Cortisone/prednisone side effects typically present as "moon face,"> > (facial swelling), general weight gain (it enhances appetite), a very> > hard abdomen (not the good "workout" kind lol). It can also increase> > chance of glaucoma. I've known several other asthmatics who've been > on> > corticosteroids, but have never heard of any having the painful> > problems you describe. Usually it's just general weight gain. Am also> > puzzled that Advair would cause swelling. There have been reports of> > sudden death with Advair, but haven't heard about swelling. Were you> > prescribed both Singulair AND Advair to take at the same time? (I'm> > not saying it's wrong, it's just the first I've heard of it...)> >> > martha> > > >> > > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has gotten> > > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can> > > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold > and> > of> > > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way> > they> > > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me > swell 2> > > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it> > > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.> > Lets> > > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to> > > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can> > be> > > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it to> > > swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.> > > Dawn> > >> > >> >> >> >> >>> >> > Building a website is a piece of cake.> > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.> >>>>>>> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone > who knows.> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.>

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June 18, 2007

Honestly I don't know. I didn't think I was retaining water. considering that that is the most fav room in the house for me it seems like. But then I wasn't sure if the heat and humidty was causing me some problems, as I do tend to swell when it get warmer. But it was quite painful..

And I am not swelling now.

Barb

[sPAM] Re: help

My abuterol inhaler is just $44.00 Bourg <kmanjames> wrote:

I am on provental Inhalers and they are good you are to see if you can get that

Martha <del-maratlantic (DOT) net> wrote:

Yeppers. You and I are in the same boat. My doctor just prescribed Flovent, which will cost me $124 (I presume per month) and the newly patented, "environmentally friendly" Albuterol "rescue" inhaler will be at least $99 instead of the $22 that the "old," generic, Albuterol was costing me. I live on about $15,000/yr and don't know how I'm going to spend more than 10% of my income on these two prescriptions. And I've got six years to go before I get to Medicare...and make "too much" to qualify for Medicaid. (And then all these news stories ask why we're not saving anything!) Anybody have some tips where to get our drugs more inexpensively?> I really don't know how people with asthma can afford advair, because > there is no way i can afford it, Here advair cost $160.00>> Martha wrote:>> Thank you for educating me. In my experience I'd been offered, or> taken, one or the other, but not both at the same time. It's really> important that we all communicate with each other so that we can> understand all the convolutions of this lousy ailment--that's the> beauty of belonging to this board...together we're more than any of us> would be as individuals.>> Over the 50+ years I've had asthma, I've found that it's important to> keep potassium levels up to par. It's easy to slip into muscle cramps.> And when you think about it, the constriction of the smooth muscles> can contribute to our bronchial tubes closing up on us. One doc I had> (a pulmonary guy in Washington DC) told me to keep myself well hydrated> and he recommended Gatorade, which I happen to detest, but drink it> anyway.> >> > I'm on Singulair, Advair, Prednisone 10mg, Xopenex and Xolair. I've> > gained 5 - 10 lbs since the Prednisone but I had lost about 15 lbs> > before being diagnosed about 8 months ago from being so sick for> > months prior to that. As far as pain as a side effect of any of the> > drugs I have not really had any to speak of. I have had a few > charlie> > horse tyle cramps in my legs and feet new and then at night when I'm> > sleeping which from what I read can be a side effect of the Advair. > > Anyway just thought I'd chime in that in some cases at least Advair> > and Singulair are used together. Also my son has had Asthma for over> > 20 years and he is on the Advair and Singulair combination and does> > very well on it.> >> > Martha wrote:> >> > Am certainly no doctor, but from your description, it sounds as if > your> > dosage might be too high. My asthma was nicely controlled from age 8> > to age 21 with 5mg of cortisone/prednisone a day. > Cortisone/prednisone> > (corticosteroid) is an anti-inflammatory, which helps the bronchial> > tubes to go from inflamed to a more normal status.> > Cortisone/prednisone side effects typically present as "moon face,"> > (facial swelling), general weight gain (it enhances appetite), a very> > hard abdomen (not the good "workout" kind lol). It can also increase> > chance of glaucoma. I've known several other asthmatics who've been > on> > corticosteroids, but have never heard of any having the painful> > problems you describe. Usually it's just general weight gain. Am also> > puzzled that Advair would cause swelling. There have been reports of> > sudden death with Advair, but haven't heard about swelling. Were you> > prescribed both Singulair AND Advair to take at the same time? (I'm> > not saying it's wrong, it's just the first I've heard of it...)> >> > martha> > > >> > > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has gotten> > > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can> > > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold > and> > of> > > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way> > they> > > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me > swell 2> > > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it> > > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.> > Lets> > > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to> > > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can> > be> > > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it to> > > swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.> > > Dawn> > >> > >> >> >> >> >>> >> > Building a website is a piece of cake.> > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.> >>>>>>> Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone > who knows.> Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.>

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June 19, 2007

Oh that is such a good point! I had that happen to me in the 1970s

when I was going a bad spell of attacks, my 5 mg/day maintenance dosage

of prednisone wasn't doing anything, so I was upped (temporarily) to

40mg/day. But that was before the docs understood that you have to be

gradually taken off of prednisone. When I had no more pills to take, I

had a real come-down. I too had depression, but mostly I was weak as a

kitten. A doctor later told me that it had to do with the affect

prednisone has on the fluids in your body (but I don't know for sure).

That's why prednisone is so often administered in those packs that

gradually decrease the number of pills.

> Hi, am new to this website. I have been reading all the e-mails. They

> are very interesting. The last time I was in the hospital with an

> asthma attack. They gave me that nebulizer stuff. Then they gave me

> prednisone. Well , I got better, but in the meantime I acted oddly.

> And they only gave me so much. They really did not wean me off of it

> like they should have. I took it for about a week, and then nothing.

> Boy, I thought I was losing my mind, I was crying, I thought about

> killing myself, I was so depressed. I felt odd. I felt like I was

> losing it. It really scared me. I called my counselor, and she talked

> to me for a long time. Then I called a nurse. I was like that for

> about 2 or 3 days, boy was I glad when it wore off. No one really did

> anything, but it sort of worked itself out of my system.The next time

> I will be forwarned.

>

> foxfire290 wrote:

>

> Yesturday I was in the hospital they gave me two breathing treatments

> and two shots to open my lungs. They really didnt want to release me.

> They gave me a script for prednisone 40mg a day for 5 days I have

> albuterol inhaler and advair. I am just trying to make it till july

> when my appt to a pulmonolgist is. It so hard to believe that ppl

> have to wait months for an appt. Kind of like well if you are still

> breathing we can see you then. I seem to hyper sensitive to alot of

> things from cleaning items to foods to plants to fragrances.

> Sometimes it feels like society is trying to do me in lol. I know

> that isnt funny but ya know if I wasnt laughing I be crying.

> Prednisone gave me cushings disease as if everything else wasnt

> enough. Every day is like a battle to me but it is one i am going to

> win. So i modify if i have to to do what i need to do to get what i

> need done. I was on so many meds i basically put them in the closet

> and shut the door. I try and take only what I really need.

>

> > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it

> has gotten

> > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can

> > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold

> and of

> > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way

> they

> > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me swell

> 2

> > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it

> > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.

> Lets

> > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to

> > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can

> be

> > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it to

> > swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.

> > Dawn

> >

> > ---------------------------------

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> who knows.

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> >

>

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>

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>

June 19, 2007

I tried a sample of Advair and thought it was really effective. But

when I asked my doctor for it, he said he no longer prescribes Advair

because there have been sudden deaths from it. But I Googled that

subject and it seemed the deaths were very few--like 3 in 1,000--plus I

don't have a heart problem or high blood pressure or anything. Go

figure. I consider changing doctors but it is very difficult to find

good ones in rural areas. And this doctor's " my way or the highway "

attitude is a recent change. I hate to sound paranoid or something but

I think he's being influenced in some way by the pharmaceuticals.

Everything in his waiting room (from Kleenex to the clock) have a

pharmaceutical brand on them. He's open just 4 1/2 days a week yet

he's got a brand new Mercedes SUV in his parking space, now (and his

waiting room is always empty). I liked him because he does spend a lot

of time with patients.

> Advair is convenient because it combines two inhalers in one, but a

> steroid inhaler and a long acting bronchodilator have the same result

> for less money.

> Re: help

>

> I really don't know how people with asthma can afford advair, because

> there is no way i can afford it, Here advair cost $160.00

>

> Martha wrote: Thank you for educating me. In my

> experience I'd been offered, or

> taken, one or the other, but not both at the same time. It's really

> important that we all communicate with each other so that we can

> understand all the convolutions of this lousy ailment--that's the

> beauty of belonging to this board...together we're more than any of us

> would be as individuals.

>

> Over the 50+ years I've had asthma, I've found that it's important to

> keep potassium levels up to par. It's easy to slip into muscle cramps.

> And when you think about it, the constriction of the smooth muscles

> can contribute to our bronchial tubes closing up on us. One doc I had

> (a pulmonary guy in Washington DC) told me to keep myself well hydrated

> and he recommended Gatorade, which I happen to detest, but drink it

> anyway.

>

>> I'm on Singulair, Advair, Prednisone 10mg, Xopenex and Xolair. I've

>> gained 5 - 10 lbs since the Prednisone but I had lost about 15 lbs

>> before being diagnosed about 8 months ago from being so sick for

>> months prior to that. As far as pain as a side effect of any of the

>> drugs I have not really had any to speak of. I have had a few charlie

>> horse tyle cramps in my legs and feet new and then at night when I'm

>> sleeping which from what I read can be a side effect of the Advair.

>> Anyway just thought I'd chime in that in some cases at least Advair

>> and Singulair are used together. Also my son has had Asthma for over

>> 20 years and he is on the Advair and Singulair combination and does

>> very well on it.

>>

>> Martha wrote:

>>

>> Am certainly no doctor, but from your description, it sounds as if

>> your

>> dosage might be too high. My asthma was nicely controlled from age 8

>> to age 21 with 5mg of cortisone/prednisone a day. Cortisone/prednisone

>> (corticosteroid) is an anti-inflammatory, which helps the bronchial

>> tubes to go from inflamed to a more normal status.

>> Cortisone/prednisone side effects typically present as " moon face, "

>> (facial swelling), general weight gain (it enhances appetite), a very

>> hard abdomen (not the good " workout " kind lol). It can also increase

>> chance of glaucoma. I've known several other asthmatics who've been on

>> corticosteroids, but have never heard of any having the painful

>> problems you describe. Usually it's just general weight gain. Am also

>> puzzled that Advair would cause swelling. There have been reports of

>> sudden death with Advair, but haven't heard about swelling. Were you

>> prescribed both Singulair AND Advair to take at the same time? (I'm

>> not saying it's wrong, it's just the first I've heard of it...)

>>

>> martha

>>

>>> I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has gotten

>>> progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days can

>>> actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold and

>> of

>>> course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way

>> they

>>> have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me swell 2

>>> sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet it

>>> really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.

>> Lets

>>> face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to

>>> normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that can

>> be

>>> used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it to

>>> swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.

>>> Dawn

>>>

>>

>

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June 19, 2007

Yeah, that's what my " old " Albuterol was costing. The problem is that

the Congress passed a law some years back to eliminate CFCs from the

environment (like in air conditioning freon) and asthma inhalers were

included in the law, which as I understand it, takes effect in 2008.

That means the large pharmaceuticals can " reformulate " Albuterol with a

new patent for the environmentally friendly propellent. I've checked

with three pharmacies in my area and they all tell me that the newly

formulated Albuterol is already being shipped out to replace the " old "

formula...and will cost around $100 instead of the $20+ we've been

paying.

> Wow I may have lousy drs here in lousiana but my albuterol only runs

> me less than 25.00.

> My asmanex runs about 125.00 and my flonaise is running about 86.00

>

> barb

>

> [sPAM] Re: help

>

> My abuterol inhaler is just $44.00

>

> Bourg wrote:

>

> I am on provental Inhalers and they are good you are to see if you can

> get that

>

> Martha wrote:

>

> Yeppers. You and I are in the same boat. My doctor just prescribed

> Flovent, which will cost me $124 (I presume per month) and the newly

> patented, " environmentally friendly " Albuterol " rescue " inhaler will

> be at least $99 instead of the $22 that the " old, " generic, Albuterol

> was costing me. I live on about $15,000/yr and don't know how I'm

> going to spend more than 10% of my income on these two prescriptions.

> And I've got six years to go before I get to Medicare...and make " too

> much " to qualify for Medicaid. (And then all these news stories ask

> why we're not saving anything!) Anybody have some tips where to get

> our drugs more inexpensively?

>

> > I really don't know how people with asthma can afford advair, because

> > there is no way i can afford it, Here advair cost $160.00

> >

> > Martha wrote:

> >

> > Thank you for educating me. In my experience I'd been offered, or

> > taken, one or the other, but not both at the same time. It's really

> > important that we all communicate with each other so that we can

> > understand all the convolutions of this lousy ailment--that's the

> > beauty of belonging to this board...together we're more than any of

> us

> > would be as individuals.

> >

> > Over the 50+ years I've had asthma, I've found that it's important to

> > keep potassium levels up to par. It's easy to slip into muscle

> cramps.

> > And when you think about it, the constriction of the smooth muscles

> > can contribute to our bronchial tubes closing up on us. One doc I had

> > (a pulmonary guy in Washington DC) told me to keep myself well

> hydrated

> > and he recommended Gatorade, which I happen to detest, but drink it

> > anyway.

> >

> > > I'm on Singulair, Advair, Prednisone 10mg, Xopenex and Xolair.

> I've

> > > gained 5 - 10 lbs since the Prednisone but I had lost about 15 lbs

> > > before being diagnosed about 8 months ago from being so sick for

> > > months prior to that. As far as pain as a side effect of any of

> the

> > > drugs I have not really had any to speak of. I have had a few

> > charlie

> > > horse tyle cramps in my legs and feet new and then at night when

> I'm

> > > sleeping which from what I read can be a side effect of the

> Advair.

> > > Anyway just thought I'd chime in that in some cases at least Advair

> > > and Singulair are used together. Also my son has had Asthma for

> over

> > > 20 years and he is on the Advair and Singulair combination and does

> > > very well on it.

> > >

> > > Martha wrote:

> > >

> > > Am certainly no doctor, but from your description, it sounds as if

> > your

> > > dosage might be too high. My asthma was nicely controlled from age

> 8

> > > to age 21 with 5mg of cortisone/prednisone a day.

> > Cortisone/prednisone

> > > (corticosteroid) is an anti-inflammatory, which helps the bronchial

> > > tubes to go from inflamed to a more normal status.

> > > Cortisone/prednisone side effects typically present as " moon face, "

> > > (facial swelling), general weight gain (it enhances appetite), a

> very

> > > hard abdomen (not the good " workout " kind lol). It can also

> increase

> > > chance of glaucoma. I've known several other asthmatics who've been

> > on

> > > corticosteroids, but have never heard of any having the painful

> > > problems you describe. Usually it's just general weight gain. Am

> also

> > > puzzled that Advair would cause swelling. There have been reports

> of

> > > sudden death with Advair, but haven't heard about swelling. Were

> you

> > > prescribed both Singulair AND Advair to take at the same time? (I'm

> > > not saying it's wrong, it's just the first I've heard of it...)

> > >

> > > martha

> > >

> > > > I was born with asthma and allergies. Over the years it has

> gotten

> > > > progressively worse. A cold to one person that last a few days

> can

> > > > actually put me in the hospital.eewwww. My fiancee caught a cold

> > and

> > > of

> > > > course me from him and went straight to acute bronchitus. Any way

> > > they

> > > > have put me on predinsone again (i hate that med) it makes me

> > swell 2

> > > > sizes or larger than what I already am. Not being a thin chiclet

> it

> > > > really shows. I swell so bad my feet hurt and my kidneys my back.

> > > Lets

> > > > face it my everything hurts, then it takes months to get back to

> > > > normal. Is there anything else out there that yall know of that

> can

> > > be

> > > > used instead of prednisone? Advair I have it I dont take it, it

> to

> > > > swells me up. I do use my albuterol inhaler, singular.

> > > > Dawn

> > > >

> > >

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June 19, 2007

That brings up a question about Advair: It says right in the packaging

that you must throw any remaining medication away that hasn't been used

in 30 days--I double checked on line and it says the same thing--that

the medicine in Advair somehow loses effectiveness after 30 days. It

made me laugh because I pictured that Mission Impossible tape that

disintegrates after it's been played. So how can you cut the Advair in

half??

> Oh yes, from the knees down.. and couldn;t figure out why till I saw

> the posts about asmanex.so I went back to advair, even tho I had

> allergic reaction to it first time around..

> I became so fed up with the drs.. I decided to do an experiment of my

> own, and I am keeping a journal..

> Cut the advair in half, and omitting all dairy from my diet..

> And have been doing this a week now and I feel so much better. Its

> like night and day.

>

> I will take the journal with me when I go for my next appointment and

> show her what I have found out on my own.

>

> Barb