Do any of you take Advair or Singulair for preventitive medicines? If so do you think they work? I've had so many problems lately with my asthma where I wake up atleast once a night with an attack that I'm looking into getting put on that. Any info you guys have would be greatly appreciated. :thumbup:

 

Do you use a spacer?

I've heard that can be the biggest problem with your meds not working.

 

No I don't use a spacer. I was doing good as far as not having any bad attacks for a while..but just recently in the past 8 months or so I've been having massive problems. I've been to the hospital once within the 8 month period of time because I had an attack and wouldn't go to the hospital...I waited for about 2 hours of trying to breathe before I passed out and my mom had to take me. :happysad:

 

i was just put on advair....its decent ... but i smoke...so it doesnt matter...damn doctors trying to make me healthy and what not

 

About three years back.. I woke up in the dead of night.. gasping for breath. It felt like someone was sitting on my chest.. and the amount of air I could get in... was like if I had been breathing through a coffee straw. I seriously thought I was going to be rushed to the hospital that night. I called my girlfriend at the time cause maybe talking to someone would calm me down. (she was never any help. "You're going to die!") I stumble out of bed.. and wake up my mom... telling her I think I needed to go to the hospital... but... somehow mom's have a way of fixing things. So.. the main attack was over... and was now just dealing with labored breathing. I went to the docs the next day... gave me some meds and inhalers.. and a breathing test...
Got a few attacks over the next week or so.. but.. the meds and inhalers helped. And.. soon... I was good to go.. with out a problem.

Weird.

The only other case of asthma I ever had was after I would run meets in cross country in high school.. but... I never did anything for that... because it was really just coughing fits. I think my doc was lying to me.


As for Advair, my mom is on it... so is my gf's sister... supposadly the side effects are weight gain.. but I haven't seen it in either party... but.. my mom complains about her teeth hurting

 

damnit so thats why i weight like a billion pounds......

 

Ja... it's a steroid..

 

I don't want to gain weight. :awais: I've had asthma my whole life..when I was a lil girly I was in the hospital around every major holiday in those mist tents...the excitement of the holidays would cause me to have an attack. I couldn't ever run the mile and stuff in school because I would start having really bad attacks...if I laugh too much now a days I'll start wheezing really bad. h: I'll have really bad attacks and the next day my back will be hurting so bad because of how deep of breaths I was trying to take to get air and still I wouldn't get any air. Asthma sucks..I wish it would just go away..there are times when I really hate my life when having the attacks. I've tried so many types of meds that's why i was curious how this advair and Singulair stuff work. I go to the doctors in a few hours..so we'll see what he says.

 

i just stick with the inhaler. but then again, my asthma isnt that bad anymore

 

I use my inhaler... I ended up in ER over a dozen times and most of the time I don't remember because I passed out. Last time was almost 5 years back, had to stay in the hospital for a week. Its been controlled a lot right now, I used to take Singulair but that didn't help. Just the inhaler 3 times a day does me good. Asthma has a lot to do with lifestyle and I found out the more I stress or eat the wrong kind of food my asthma gets worse.