Are you taking any treatments for your asthma?

[CalvinHU]

What are the most cumbersome aspects of treatment?

What are the easiest or best parts of treatment?

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[birdlover18]

I take singular, 20mg Zyrtec, 240mg Asmanex, Flonase and prednisone bursts a few times a year to maintain my asthma, I also do a nebulizer every morning during the winter. My asthma is largely triggered by allergies and temperature changes, so the change of season is very annoying. As far as treatment goes, I think that side effects are the worst part of treatment. Singular has caused a spike in my anxiety and my inhaler/nebulizer cause shaking and a racing heart. Other than that, I appreciate that I now have less need to use my rescue medicine.

[lee99 in reply to birdlover18]

I’m suffering with the change of seasons at the moment too it’s so annoying isn’t it

[birdlover18 in reply to lee99]

It is! I work at a hospital near by, so I walk a few blocks there in the AM in relatively chilly air— and now that it’s Fall, upon entering the hospital I’m blasted with hot air. Makes my lungs tense up every single time.

[Carakraft in reply to lee99]

Yes it is!! Fall Ragweed is my challenge right now.

[lee99]

All the medication that has to be taken regularly is certainly cumbersome! I take antihistamines everyday; 3-5 puffs of salbutamol morning and night (plus during the day as needed) and 2-3 of Duoresp morning and night. I’ve also just starting taking Montelukast 10mg tablets (one a day) as well.

[Hidden]

I have really severe asthma so I’m on 500/50 of Advair twice a day as well as Duoneb and Ventolin for Rescue and several allergy meds, plus montelukast. I’m often on oral prednisone. It puts me in the hospital a lot, so I get a lot of solumedrol. The skin bruising from all the steroids is really ugly but in Florida it’s almost always too hot to wear long sleeves.

I’m never without a nebulizer—I have a second one in the car, because Duoneb works better than Ventolin.

The Duoneb is the most annoying because it takes so long.

[FearNot in reply to Hidden]

Sorry you have to deal with all that.

[Hidden in reply to FearNot]

I guess, but I’m 72 and bound to have something. This all started 3 1/2 years ago. I’d never had asthma before. The first thing they looked for was not asthma but lung cancer. So I have to keep it in perspective.

[pmh18623]

The most cumbersome is the number of medications and their side effects.

The easiest is that inhalers are portable and nebulizers keep getting smaller and are available on Amazon without a prescription.

[FearNot]

I took a different approach to asthma treatment. Under the guidance of a naturopathic doctor, I take a lobelia tincture in water whenever I experience warning signs of an attack. Combined with practical methods of managing asthma (like filtering the air and wearing a mask in times of poor air quality), this has prevented me from needing to use my albuterol inhaler. The lobelia is quick but not instant, so I still keep my rescue inhaler near. Lobelia can be used for ongoing asthma maintenance also, but since my asthma is mild and mainly triggered by wildfire smoke, I haven't needed to use it that way.

The most cumbersome aspects of treatment for me are remembering to bring the bottle of lobelia tincture and a small amount of water to dissolve it in plus my rescue inhaler, and then having some way of carrying it all.

[Asthmasucks777]

Yes Sprivia and Dulera. I'm also on Prednisone right now.

[Bobcat_44]

I'm on Symbicort SMART 160/4.5 2x twice a day; Spiriva Respimat 1x once a day; Singulair 10mg. I also have allergic rhinitis, so I'm also on Nasonex 3x twice a day.

The most annoying thing is that I'm well controlled during my everyday life, but sometimes I suffer from exercise-induced bronchospasm. I've tried using salbutamol before training, but it raises the heart rate, which is not good Now I'm using Intal before training sessions, and it looks like it helps.

[EmmaF91]

Mepolizumab injections. Relvar ellipta, spiriva handihaler, uniphyllin, 10mg prednisolone, ventolin (prn salbutamol nebules). Fexofenadine, avamys nasal spray, ranitidine and alendronic acid.

Worst part is the side effects causing the need for more drugs - I’m only on the Ranitidine and alendronic because of the pred 😒. Also having to travel 33miles each way for the monthly injection.

Best part is I’m finally able to be out of hospital for more that a month at a time! Also all but the uniphyllin is once a day!

[Minushabens Asthma Captain]

I take:

Symbicort 400/12 4 x daily

Spiriva 2.5mcg 2 x daily

Montelukast 1/day

10mg prednisolone per day

In addition, I take 6 itraconazole tablets per day for ABPA (a related lung problem) & several blood pressure tablets. I feel OK for taking them, but it's a real drain at times.

I have to out them all in a tub at night, because when I'm tired & rushing in a morning, I get completely muddled what I've taken & what I haven't!

[Beasley63]

I have so many to take and keep up with. I take Breo, Flonase, Itrapropium nose spray, Spriva, and then I take singular at night. Sometimes it is hard to do. It has helped. and the medications that I am on have greatly helped. I have to just try and stay away from my triggers.

[Carakraft]

I am taking Breo and QNasal right now for my asthma. They are easy ...but I am on Allergy Shots for almost two years now and getting to my allergist can be tricky with my work schedule but I make it work!

[Neat-Ni]

I take 600 mg of Theophylline morning and night, 4 mg of Methylprednisolone (solumedrol pill form), Breo Ellipta, Ranitidine and Lisinopril in the morning, 10 mg of Singular at night, 500 mcg of Daliresp at night, Spiriva Respimat at night. DuoNeb treatments every 4 hours as needed and ProAir rescue inhaler that I take more than I should. I also get a Nucala shot every 4 weeks and IV Gammagard every 3 weeks. More than cumbersome....

[campisa Asthma Captain]

I take my medication and I feel better. It is cumbersome but it is part of my morning routine, along with brushing my teeth and putting on make up. I know that when I take my meds I feel better and I hate the yucky feeling I get when I am about to have asthma symptoms, so I stay on top of it. I wish I did not have this disease but for now, it is what it is.

[campisa Asthma Captain]

The most cumbersome is the different types of meds. The easiest is the pump.

[VinswaynW]

I'm on Albeuterol tablets 25mg, and inhaler (rescue), BREO disk and Montelukast tablets on a daily basis.

[HikesWithDogs]

I take singular 10 mg, Advair 500/50, Flonase, Allegra, Prilosec and Zantac for allergies, asthma and GERD. I use Pro Air as my rescue inhaler and I have an Epi Pen that I have never used. None of it is cumbersome but trying to remember if I took my Advair every 12 hours is most challenging. I have been using the drug, or one like it, ever 12 hours for 19 years so it is almost as automatic as breathing. I forget to look at the counter before I take a puff. I want to create a smart inhaler casing that uses sensor technology to track and post the last date and time the drug was dispensed.