Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:54:02 -0500, Serendipity >
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>>Boron Elgar wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:20:46 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
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>>>>>What's in the nebulizer - albuterol or Xopenex?
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>>>>Albuterol. Gotta use that stuff where I plan on staying for awhile. Makes
>>>>me really woozy. Is Xopenex something new, something I just haven't heard
>>>>of, or both?
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>>>I was just changed from albuterol to Xopenex, because the albuterol
>>>make me feel like I had 20 cups of espresso (that is the food
>>>reference that makes this post on topic). I do not know how new it
>>>is, but my doc offered it when I told her about the shakes after
>>>treatments
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>>I use bricanyl as a reliever. It always gives me the shakes but no
>>where like albuterol!
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> That is a new one on me. I will check that out when I see the
> allergist.

The drug name for bricanyl is terbutaline, a short-acting beta2-agonist.
I also use symbicort which is anti-inflammatory corticosteroid
budesonide (Pulmicort®) and the rapid- and long-lasting bronchodilator
formoterol (Oxis®) in a single inhaler.
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>>>The Xopenex gives a bit of a buzzy feeling, but nothing like the
>>>albuterol. The only trick is that albuterol is generic, and so it is
>>>much cheaper than Xopenex. If you have good med insurance coverage,
>>>ask your doc about it. It makes a big diff to me in how I feel after
>>>treatment. I am fortunate that my plan covers it. (I also got them to
>>>cover a portable, battery run nebulizer that is way smaller than a can
>>>of soda.)
>>>
>>>What about Advair or Singulair? Tried either or both?
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>>Singulair has been a godsend for me! It takes a little while to build
>>up in your system but once it does the difference is substantial. My
>>only complaint is that Singulair is not covered with my drug plan and
>>that's after my dr sent in a special form. I pay $100 a month for
>>Singulair but it is well worth it. It keeps me from weekly visits to
>>emerg, drastically reduces my neb use, and has dramatically improved my
>>quality of life. It is one great drug!
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> It has made a difference to me, that's for sure. This is all
> relatively new to me in the last year. How I went through 54 years
> with no breathing problems & then got asthma symptoms is weird, I
> guess, and it sure has been exciting (like the rush to the ER when I
> can't breathe. Boy, I never thought people in the ER could run so
> fast. Short of a heart attack, I don't think anything gets you waited
> on faster than a barely squeaked out "I can't breathe."

There is nothing like adult onset asthma I was diagnosed almost 8
years ago. Two of those years were pure hell as my then doctor treated
ineffectively and failed to see I was reacting to the propellant in the
inhalers. I finally saw a specialist who changed everything to dry
inhalers. I went through a few different meds before getting stabilized
on the turbuhalers. Finally, Singulair was added
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> Gotta keep those airways open, or we can't enjoy rfc & playing around
> in the kitchen!

I hear you!
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> Boron
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