You need a referral to your respitory team, Ventoline is a reliever the others are preventers.
There are several options available which your respitory team can discuss with you and arrange follow up appointments to monitor your progress. It may be the active ingredient or the propulsion method used. Rather then second guess, the respitory team have more knowledge and information plus they don't rush allowing you more time to explain.
Hi, I also had lots of problems with lots of inhalers, including Ventolin. The one that gives me the least trouble is onbrez breezhaler but as Stone says, you need to speak to your respiratory team.
You must be having a reaction to certain ingredients in them so need to work out what it is so you can see if there is something else to use but there are definitely other inhalers out there
Spiriva & Aclidinium are long acting bronchodialators (BDs) - open up the airways - each using a different method (modality). Bricanyl is a short acting BD, as is Ventolin.
You don't mention any containing steroid?
Nevertheless, I had problems with Spiriva but I tolerate Formoterol well. It is a long acting (12 hr) BD & maybe worth a try, and there may be others too, so maybe worth persevering with alternatives.
There is a long acting version of Ventolin but may only come as combination with steroid, worth asking the question though.
Hi Hanne, I am not sure, I have tried 3 powder inhalers all of which made me ill. the only one I can tolerate is Ventolin. As I am in the early stages of COPD, I think I can manage with short acting inhalers. I just need something a little stronger than the blue Ventolin, but try and avoid powder inhalers.
Hia I hear you lots using ventilators . The answer at least at home is a Nebulizer .depending it seems where are pulmonary nurse recommends . It’s years ago I had virol phnomia back from Africa . I dumped in hospital my nice doc here talked me in those days problem Nebulizer could not keep clean . Rubbish so bought one .he happy provide stuff .now nhs lent me one the cheap rubbish of course . I am used do it your self med .72 still here ofcouse I have had no treatment past 2 years. And trials I put my self on cancellation.so be it .i mind none but having to live gross pain . Surly no .
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