Symbicort smart

What you think Bout this new drug?

Isn't it bad to inhale it as a reliever because you would be inhaling the preventer as well, at odd times during the day? I thought you do preventer morning then afternoon?

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I know that you might be worried about taking extra inhaled steroid, but the advantage is that as your reliever use increases so does the amount of steroid, therefore reducing inflamtion and sensitivity in the airways so this will help avoid short courses of oral steroids.

Have you just started on this?

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Yea does seem like a odd approach, tell me do i have to hold my breath? My doctor said to hold it for 20 secs or more. The instructions doesn't mention too...

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I don't think it's an odd aprroach, it makes sense to me that as lungs get more twitchy and you need more reliever that your lungs get more steroid to make them less twitchy. But I do think it'll suit some people and not others.

Here are AUKs instructions on using a turbohaler

I've used turbohalers a lot in the past and I remember holding my breath for 10 seconds if I could.