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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Asthma / March 2005Cough Variant Asthma
Does anybody have any information on what medication works best to suppress cough variant asthma? Any experiences? I tried inhaled albuterol, but it just made me cough even more (I have not tried oral albuterol yet), and I tried singulair 5mg but it didn't help me out. Right now I am trying singulair 10mg, I figure that if this doesn't work I will get into trying more steroids like azmacort or prednisone. Any experiences or any information on cough variant asthma would be appreciated. Thanks. > Does anybody have any information on what medication works best to > suppress cough variant asthma? Any experiences? I tried inhaled [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > experiences or any information on cough variant asthma would be > appreciated. Thanks. In my case, I've had good experiences with QVar and Advair. Both are steroidal inhalers. My understanding is that oral albuterol is not the preferred way to administer this med in adults. Yes, have it myself. I get it from some colds and try to cough up my belly button. Gets pretty bad. Between episodes I'm symptom free. I have no appreciable changes in airflow (Peak flows) and Albuterol doesn't do anything. I've never tried Singulair, I know it doesn't work for everyone. I get good results from any (used several) inhaled steroid, usually at minimal dose. I recommend using a spacer with MDI and a thorough mouth rinse after. Fritz >Does anybody have any information on what medication works best to suppress >cough variant asthma? Any experiences? I tried inhaled albuterol, but it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >more steroids like azmacort or prednisone. Any experiences or any >information on cough variant asthma would be appreciated. Thanks. Cough-variant asthma is your basic asthma with a different symptom. One of the annoying things is that there is a frequent cough immediately after inhaling the albuterol. I just wait a few minutes and try again. I control mine with Pulmicort, Singulair and Allegra. -- There can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice. Thanks alot for the help, for everyone who responded. I am currently trying singulair at 10mg, and I am no longer using spiriva (because I don't think I have COPD, my chest x-ray showed nothing wrong with my lungs, and spiriva seemed to just aggrevate me more then anything). I will talk to my doctor and ask him about Pulmicort. I'm not even sure if I will ask about albuterol, because it didn't seem to do much helping. Right now I am still coughing, but not constantly, and my breathing is still impaired but just not as badly as before. I still can't walk up 4 flights of stairs without feeling very short winded, but I push myself whenever I can, and rarely take elevators, and I go jogging every few days...If this is going to suck me down, I'm going down kicking and screaming. I suggest everyone else does the same. Good luck to you all. >>Does anybody have any information on what medication works best to >>suppress [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > No victory without suffering. > No freedom without sacrifice. >Thanks alot for the help, for everyone who responded. I am currently trying >singulair at 10mg, and I am no longer using spiriva (because I don't think I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >down, I'm going down kicking and screaming. I suggest everyone else does >the same. Good luck to you all. Something you might want to try is using a spacer with your initial dose of albuterol. When you go to the doctor ask him about a steroid 'burst and taper.' Then a combination of Serevent, Pulmicort/Flovent, and Singulair to get the asthma control locked down - then after you are controlled for a couple of months start cutting back on the medications until you find the minimum medications you need for goo, long term control. One of the tricks I have is that my doctor lets me adjust my Pulmicort dose based on my peak flow readings. If my peak flows are consistently high I can reduce my Pulmicort as far down as 2 puffs, once a day. If my peak flows are dropping I can increase the dose to as much as 4 puffs, twice a day. -- There can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice. > >Thanks alot for the help, for everyone who responded. I am currently trying > >singulair at 10mg, and I am no longer using spiriva (because I don't think I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >down, I'm going down kicking and screaming. I suggest everyone else does > >the same. Good luck to you all. it took a lot for me to get my coughing asthma under control. Once I was "stabized" albuterol worked like a charm. Before I was in control, albuterol worked as well as anything else which was just barelu > Something you might want to try is using a spacer with your initial > dose of albuterol. I always use spacers, don't understand how anyone could be without them. I used to have these neat, small plastic spacers about the same size as the inhalers with a bulge in the middle. I lost them an I kept asking for a new spacer and they give me those big ones that make a noise if you suck too hard etc. These are a pain because they don't fit in my pocket ( sorry getting off track) > When you go to the doctor ask him about a steroid 'burst and taper.' > Then a combination of Serevent, Pulmicort/Flovent, and Singulair to > get the asthma control locked down - then after you are controlled for > a couple of months start cutting back on the medications until you > find the minimum medications you need for goo, long term control. To keep mine under control I use serevent, flovent, flonase, prilosec ( gastric problems can really contribute to the cough) wiht albuterol as a rescue inhaler. I rarely need it. When I lose it, prednisone is the cure -- sucks but it works. I am a semi pro trumpet player and prednisone makes my chops swell and get mushy so I can't play > One of the tricks I have is that my doctor lets me adjust my Pulmicort > dose based on my peak flow readings. If my peak flows are > consistently high I can reduce my Pulmicort as far down as 2 puffs, > once a day. If my peak flows are dropping I can increase the dose to > as much as 4 puffs, twice a day. This is interesting. How often do you have a problem? > -- > There can be no triumph without loss. > No victory without suffering. > No freedom without sacrifice. > Does anybody have any information on what medication works best to suppress > cough variant asthma? Any experiences? I tried inhaled albuterol, but it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > more steroids like azmacort or prednisone. Any experiences or any > information on cough variant asthma would be appreciated. Thanks. Advair. It's great. |
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