Just took an asthma treatment.. still wheezing..?
I got sick with a bad cold a little over a month ago and my asthma has gotten really bad since then.. I didn’t go to the doctor until this past wednesday because i don’t have health insurance and couldn’t afford to go.. She gave me a symbicort inhaler which she told me to take 1 puff 2 times a day, a nasonex nasal spray that i have to take once a day one spray in each nostril and xopenex 2 times a day with a nebulizer.. I started taking the meds on wednesday and im still feeling really bad.. I just finished taking my second xopenex nebulizer treatment about an hour and 45 minutes ago and im wheezing again.. I don’t know if its because im coughing like crazy because of my congestion or if the meds aren’t taking effect yet or if the meds just aren’t working at all.. I cant call her now because her office is closed now.. Should i take another puff of symbicort if im wheezing? I usually don’t even take an aspirin if i have a headache because i don’t like to take medicine.. I don’t want to overdose on asthma medicine or have some sort of reverse effect.. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks =]
honestly I wouldnt do anything for at least another hour. My daughter is on Xopenex, but it is more frequently. Call a 24 hr pharmacy they can tell you how close together the treatments can be.Good luck going threw the same thing with both kiddos right now
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July 19th, 2010 at 3:37 am
Maybe you should start swimming or doing aerobic excercise. I use to have asthma but it went away after I started swimming. Don’t over- do it though. I’m not sure about the medicine.
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July 19th, 2010 at 3:45 am
honestly I wouldnt do anything for at least another hour. My daughter is on Xopenex, but it is more frequently. Call a 24 hr pharmacy they can tell you how close together the treatments can be.Good luck going threw the same thing with both kiddos right now
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July 19th, 2010 at 4:16 am
you can take your symbicort a max of 12x in a day (thats a real emergency if you need to do that) but no more than 6x at once…….
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pharmacy school
July 19th, 2010 at 5:00 am
never overuse astma medicine.
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my doctor
July 19th, 2010 at 5:19 am
I’m not sure if hypnosis can help but I read about it on a blog and it might be helpful.
Piper
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http://arthritis0ler7.blogspot.com/
July 19th, 2010 at 5:33 am
Call the pharmacy where you had your prescription filled. He/she probably knows better than your doctor how the different medicines work together and if you can safely increase the dose of any of them. Pharmacists know more about how drugs work than doctors do, it’s their profession.
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July 19th, 2010 at 5:59 am
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