My almost 2 year old was in the hospital for 2 days the weekend before Thanksgiving. She had pneumonia and was diagnosed with asthma and some sort of airway distress syndrome. They put her on a Flovent inhaler 2 times a day, and also albuterol treatments when she needs them and when she gets sick. But I have been hearing about medications being recalled and changed. Even my friends Albuterol inhaler looks different now because her doctor said they are changed. I’m going to call my doctor in the morning, but I’m wondering if anyone knows anything now. I tried to find some things online, but all I could find were things on Advair. Let me know if you know of anything. Thanks.

please visit this website – http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121101431.html

I always go to an FDA site to verify these type of things. the meds have not been recalled yet, it recommended that GlaxoSmithKline’s Serevent and Foradil should be used with a corticosteroid.

Hope this helps, my son is 2.5 years old and has non-allergic asthma, but we do not use these meds.

I had a bad asthma attack last night – lasted a while. Started off by wheezing, then rapid breaths. Took my inhaler and waited, still kept wheezing. After a while, the wheezing started to get worse, breaths were quicker – started to hunch over and cough. Coughing didn’t do anything to help though and I felt as if I was choking on nothing. My sisters wanted to call 911 but usually my attacks will slow down after a few puffs and a little bit of suffering. I just have to wait for it to calm down even though I get really scared. My sister also made me a cup of tea (b/c caffeine usually helps me) and she came over to me to try to help me calm down my breathing. It wasn’t until I had the cup of tea that it started to slow down. Chest was really sore and I felt exhausted but the gasping and wheezing slowed down and eventually stopped.

B/c it slowed down after a number of inhaler puffs and a cup of tea, was it ok that we didn’t call 911? When should you?

if that helps relieve the symptoms then it is ok.. you can still call 911 before you drink the tea just in case it doesnt work.. you dont have to go with them, you can sign a refusal… but severe asthma attacks can lead to hypoxia, and if not corrected that can lead to cardiac arrest….

NO STERIODS!!! Don’t like them won’t take them any longer and they really don’t work very well anyway. I’m miserable though and need something but I’m so worn out by traditional medicines. I want something healthy and all natural.

asthma can be very serious if not treated correctly. I have been suffering from asthma for 24 years- since I was born and I know how awful it can be! Are you talking about predisone (the 10 day prescription for extreme cases of flare ups), or daily control steroids? The prednisone can make anyone go nuts and I hate when the dr. says you need to take these for 10 days- but the everyday steroid is just to keep your asthma under control and you should really consider trying it at least. I hope that you still have your rescue inhaler for attacks…

The next best thing is salt water- anytime I am around a beach or an ocean, my breathing improves dramatically (The nebulizer machines use part salt water and albuterol)

I have heard of these salt water inhalers, but I have never tried one myself— this could be what you are seeking, but again I have never tried it so I dont know if it works… here I found a website of the salt inhalers- they are a little expensive but here is… http://www.natural-salt-lamps.com/saltpipe.html

Good luck to you! If you try it- let me know how it goes! Take care!!!

Some say it relaxes the airways.

No…smoking will not help with asthma. It will cause irritation and possibly…most likely cause an asthma attack.

The FDA recently added additional warnings for four major asthma medications. These include Advair, Symbicort, Foradil, and Serevent.
These warnings were issued due to studies that suggested use of long-acting-beta-agonists without a corticosteriod along with it, could potentially be harmful.
In the study they found that patients who took LABA drugs without a corticosteriod were more prone to hospitialization, breathing complications, and maybe even death related to asthma problems.
The purpose of these warnings is to make sure that people know how to use these medications and do so properly. When they use them correctly the medications are very effective in controlling asthma.

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