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Recycling Inhalers?

Does anybody know of any way in which used inhalers can be recycled? I get through about 2 a month and I hate seeing them go to landfill. Surely some of there...

Does anybody know of any way in which used inhalers can be recycled? I get throu...

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•17 years ago

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Asthma related to pollen counts?

My asthma has got really bad in the last two days, despite taking my inhalers. Stupid question, but is it related to allergies, and pollen counts? I am...

My asthma has got really bad in the last two days, despite taking my inhalers. S...

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•17 years ago

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Use of EpiPen in brittle asthma

I have had brittle asthma for many years. It has recently changed so that I am much less wheezy between attacks. However, when I do have an attack it comes on...

I have had brittle asthma for many years. It has recently changed so that I am m...

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•17 years ago

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London or Nottingham????

Hi all, have been offered a house in Notts in exchange for my flat in London. Really big change for my and really scary too. I know nothing about Nottingham...

Hi all, have been offered a house in Notts in exchange for my flat in London. R...

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•17 years ago

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Pretty Skys

The Perseid meteor shower should be visible tonight if it stays clear. There is a new moon too so there should be near perfect veiwing conditions....

The Perseid meteor shower should be visible tonight if it stays clear. There is...

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•17 years ago

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Please can you solve this conundrum?

Hello please can you help us to solve this question, what is the next number, 20, 1, 18, 4,13. It is driving us mad, its the only quesion we can't answer on...

Hello please can you help us to solve this question, what is the next number, 20...

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•17 years ago

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Clenil inhaler

I posted a while ago to see if anyone had problemswith the Clenil inhaler. Since then I have had problems with a couple more inhalers. I got asked to speak...

I posted a while ago to see if anyone had problemswith the Clenil inhaler. Sinc...

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•17 years ago

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Undoing thrush effects of steroid inhalers

Hallo Can anyone with Asthma please advise?After prescribing a Becanose Steroid Inhaler to attempt to clear my Eustachian tubes I used it for some 8 weeks.It...

Hallo Can anyone with Asthma please advise?After prescribing a Becanose Steroid ...

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•17 years ago

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Undoing thrush effects of steroid inhalers

Hallo Can anyone with Asthma please advise?After prescribing a Becanose Steroid Inhaler to attempt to clear my Eustachian tubes I used it for some 8 weeks.It...

Hallo Can anyone with Asthma please advise?After prescribing a Becanose Steroid ...

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•17 years ago

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Emergency info sheets

Apologies if this has already been discussed (if you could bump up a previous thread I wod appreciate it) but does anybody have an information sheet that they...

Apologies if this has already been discussed (if you could bump up a previous th...

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•17 years ago

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bricanyl holiday

hi everyone on terbutaline s/c pumps,? do any of you have bricanyl holidays and if so what do you do? i have been on my pump years and normally tollerate it...

hi everyone on terbutaline s/c pumps,? do any of you have bricanyl holidays and...

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•17 years ago

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xolair

Hi all, Sorry if this thread is a repeat. I am in need of advice regarding xolair. My consultant has now decided that he thinks I need to go on, but he said...

Hi all, Sorry if this thread is a repeat. I am in need of advice regarding xol...

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•17 years ago

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Drink drink and be merry

Without wishing to start a long debate on the colour of your urine don't forget to drink loads of hydrating fluid (not booze) now the summer has arrived......

Without wishing to start a long debate on the colour of your urine don't forget ...

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•17 years ago

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Cars and wheelchairs

I have at last been given the high rate mobility for DLA, which means that I am now eligable for Motability, and therefore able to consider getting a car that...

I have at last been given the high rate mobility for DLA, which means that I am ...

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•17 years ago

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Worried from Basingstoke

Hello one and all, I am a 27 (going on 28) and have been diagnosed with what I believe is mild asthma. I have a preventer that I usually take twice in the...

Hello one and all, I am a 27 (going on 28) and have been diagnosed with what I...

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•17 years ago

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Aspergilous

Hello does anyone know what this is? I've been told its in my blood but i'm not allergic to it. What i've read sounds very scary. Thanks.

Hello does anyone know what this is? I've been told its in my blood but i'm not ...

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•17 years ago

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Nebulisers - should I get one/how do Doctor's feel about having them at home?

Hi All, I would like to hear your thoughts and advice if I should buy a nebuliser and how you have discussed with your GP's in the past. My son is nearly 3...

Hi All, I would like to hear your thoughts and advice if I should buy a nebulis...

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•17 years ago

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inducing asthma by doing Peak Flow

Just wondered if I am the only one with this problem. I have brittle asthma and if I am well I can do a Peak Flow and I become a bit wheezy. If I do the...

Just wondered if I am the only one with this problem. I have brittle asthma and ...

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•17 years ago

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Magnesium

Does anybody know whether taking magnesium supplements have any benefit to asthmatics? Every time I present to A&E (about 1-2 times a month) I am given IV...

Does anybody know whether taking magnesium supplements have any benefit to asthm...

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•17 years ago

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Calcium supplements

Hi I have been on pred almost continuously for about 18 months - only coming off of it for a few weeks at a time. I know it is advised to take calcium...

Hi I have been on pred almost continuously for about 18 months - only coming of...

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•17 years ago

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theophylline

Hi guys, Apologies if there is already a topic on this but i can't seem to get the search facility to work so can't find it, so thought would ask again! Have...

Hi guys, Apologies if there is already a topic on this but i can't seem to get ...

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•17 years ago

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Asthma at work

Hi I am new to this forum and read with interest the article about nurses and cleaners being prone to asthma. I am a podiatrist and am exposed to dust when...

Hi I am new to this forum and read with interest the article about nurses and cl...

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•17 years ago

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Not feeling well... something funny going on in Devon maybe???

Hello all. Hope you're all well. My asthma has been pretty good for a while now but yesterday for no apparent reason I started to feel a bit poorly. My chest...

Hello all. Hope you're all well. My asthma has been pretty good for a while no...

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•17 years ago

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Steroid Inhalers

Hi, i'm new to this site and have tried looking for topics regarding this one, but couldn't really find any that answered me questions. Im 21, and have was...

Hi, i'm new to this site and have tried looking for topics regarding this one, b...

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•17 years ago

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Reaction to Ventolin.

This is a problem i have come across today, after taking ventolin through the nebuliser my breathing got worse and my face and eyes started to swell up. I...

This is a problem i have come across today, after taking ventolin through the...

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•17 years ago

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Seretide as opposed to taking Flixotide and Serevent

Hi I take Seretide 250mcg (2 puffs am & 2 pm). My friend takes Flixotide 250mcg and Serevent 25 mcg (same dosage). Are we actually taking the same? Any...

Hi I take Seretide 250mcg (2 puffs am & 2 pm). My friend takes Flixotide 250mcg...

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•17 years ago

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Dry Skin

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me / offer advice. I have recently managed to wean off pred after 14 continuous months, lungs are doing okish (long may...

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me / offer advice. I have recently manage...

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•17 years ago

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Football football football

Now that the footie season has crept up on us like a creeping thing and I have my tickets for Everton v Wigan can I wish everyone who is a footie fan all the...

Now that the footie season has crept up on us like a creeping thing and I have m...

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•17 years ago

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Told off for using A&E!

Hi all, just wanted some feed back on what happened last month with my son. Don't quite know how to take it. Jay is 11 and has difficult to control Asthma....

Hi all, just wanted some feed back on what happened last month with my son. Don...

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•17 years ago

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epinephrine pens for asthma

Does anyone know if it is possible to give a child adrenaline via epipen during a severe asthma attack that could be given if needed before ambulance/A&E. I...

Does anyone know if it is possible to give a child adrenaline via epipen during ...

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•17 years ago

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Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for August 2007

Recycling Inhalers?

Asthma related to pollen counts?

Use of EpiPen in brittle asthma

London or Nottingham????

Pretty Skys

Please can you solve this conundrum?

Clenil inhaler

Undoing thrush effects of steroid inhalers

Undoing thrush effects of steroid inhalers

Emergency info sheets

bricanyl holiday

xolair

Drink drink and be merry

Cars and wheelchairs

Worried from Basingstoke

Aspergilous

Nebulisers - should I get one/how do Doctor's feel about having them at home?

inducing asthma by doing Peak Flow

Magnesium

Calcium supplements

theophylline

Asthma at work

Not feeling well... something funny going on in Devon maybe???

Steroid Inhalers

Reaction to Ventolin.

Seretide as opposed to taking Flixotide and Serevent

Dry Skin

Football football football

Told off for using A&E!

epinephrine pens for asthma

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