Any recent treatment for chronic severe asthma?
any recent treatment for chronic severe asthma? and what about methotraxate is it effective?
I am not familiar with the medication that you mentioned. There is, however, a fairly new medication out there called Spiriva. You take it once a day. My patients have told me nothing but good things about it. A lot of times a patient can take Advair (steroid and long lasting bronchiodilator) (rinse mouth) and Spiriva and not need their fast acting inhaler for days. Of course each person is different.
I hope that you are seeing a Pulmonolgist to manage your asthma. Whereas your family doctor might be good, you want an expert when it comes to your lungs. As the American Lung association says, "If you can’t breathe, nothing else matters"
Good Luck
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July 25th, 2010 at 12:25 am
I don’t know methotraxate. I looked it up and it doesn’t appear to be an asthma medication. I could be wrong.
the best non medication treatment for asthma is to learn the asthma triggers and avoid them. Daily monitoring of peak flows with a peak flow meter can help detect the early states of an asthma attack before shortness of breath starts.
If you are unable to identify the triggers or unable to avoid them, a prescription medication is needed. Everyone who has been diagnosed with asthma should have a rescue inhaler with them at all times. If you use your rescue inhaler more then twice per week, you will need a controller medication to help prevent asthma.
The best controller medications are inhaled steroids, If an asthmatic uses their medications properly, monitors there peak flows daily and has a good asthma action plan, he/she can live symptom free.
Check out these web sites for more information.
http://noattacks.org/
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22542
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html
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July 25th, 2010 at 12:55 am
I am not familiar with the medication that you mentioned. There is, however, a fairly new medication out there called Spiriva. You take it once a day. My patients have told me nothing but good things about it. A lot of times a patient can take Advair (steroid and long lasting bronchiodilator) (rinse mouth) and Spiriva and not need their fast acting inhaler for days. Of course each person is different.
I hope that you are seeing a Pulmonolgist to manage your asthma. Whereas your family doctor might be good, you want an expert when it comes to your lungs. As the American Lung association says, "If you can’t breathe, nothing else matters"
Good Luck
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