Your niece and nephew gave you much of the same advice I'd give. Only difference between them and me is that I've been asthmatic for 42 years, and know more about the history of available treatments. Frankly, they're lucky as all hell to have today's treatments available. Sure, prednisone makes ya hyper, but it works. I can't say the same for all I had available at their age--Ephedrol with codeine added to take the speed-edge off the ephedrine (this stuff's now on the Red List of narcotics and precursors), and a couple of bludgeonly antihistamines, Atarax and Phenergan.
I particularly want to agree with your niece's advice of "use your inhaler on schedule even if you think you may not need to." By the time you find out you really did need to use it, you're well into rescue-medication territory. If your health plan covers it, you might also quiz yer doctor about getting onto Advair (a very effective inhaled steroid powder). It's still under patent, though, and costs like it.
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Date: 2003-05-12 08:18 pm (UTC)Your niece and nephew gave you much of the same advice I'd give. Only difference between them and me is that I've been asthmatic for 42 years, and know more about the history of available treatments. Frankly, they're lucky as all hell to have today's treatments available. Sure, prednisone makes ya hyper, but it works. I can't say the same for all I had available at their age--Ephedrol with codeine added to take the speed-edge off the ephedrine (this stuff's now on the Red List of narcotics and precursors), and a couple of bludgeonly antihistamines, Atarax and Phenergan.
I particularly want to agree with your niece's advice of "use your inhaler on schedule even if you think you may not need to." By the time you find out you really did need to use it, you're well into rescue-medication territory. If your health plan covers it, you might also quiz yer doctor about getting onto Advair (a very effective inhaled steroid powder). It's still under patent, though, and costs like it.