what medications work best together to help with breathing problems such at asthma and copd?
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For COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases - this includes asthma), the best medications are:\n\n1) BRONCHODILATORS (this could be either anticholinergic drugs or beta-2-agonists)- to widen the airway so that breathing is easier\n2) INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS - to decrease the swelling and mucus in the airway caused by inflammation\n\nBronchodilators and corticosteroids are often used together and are standard therapy.  Supplemental oxygen is always good too.\n\nFor asthma specifically, you can also use:\n1) CROMOLYN (a mast cell stabilizer)\n2) MONTELUKAST (leukotriene inhibitors)\n\nCromolyn and montelukasts prevent the body's immune system from clogging up the airways with swelling and mucus secretions.  They prevent the episode from starting in the first place, and are good PREVENTATIVE medications, but will not work well if the patient's episode already started.
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SSRIs like Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil work great. Effexor is one of the newer medications that works well also.
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I have asthma and so does a few of my family members ( due to my mother smoking like a chinmeny in the house as we grew up)\nthe med to open the bronchial passageways is called \nVentolin. this will open your airways. in severe cases like mine, you also require an inhaled steriod called Flovent, or pulmocourt etc ( see your doctor)\nunfortunately- excersize will often bring on an asthma attack, so I would suggest avoiding strenuous excersize till you get your inhalers
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The one major symptom is shortness of breath, early on in the disease it come with mild exertion, as the disease worsens the shortness of breath becomes more constant.  Coughing becomes a problem, takes alot of work to bring up the junk forming in the lungs.  Panic breathing becomes a problem, this is when you just can't seem to get enough air into your lungs it is truly frightening.  COPD is treated with bronchodilators, anti-spasmodic medications and steroids usually in the form of inhalers.  This delivers the medication directly to the lungs where it will do the most good.  Oxygen is eventually required, since the COPD patient has a hard time getting enough air into his lungs, the higher oxygen concentration helps.  Further treatment is surgical.  Lung reduction surgery can help but in the end is only temporary.  The only way to be rid of COPD alltogethor is by lung transplant.  This is how I got rid of mine nearly 9 years ago.
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Hello, \n   Have also COPD, diagnosed in 99, was able to finally shed 30 lbs last year.  For muscle pain (muscle spasms) I take Magnesium and Potassium.  Keeping active (have to push myself) also helps me alot. If you have access to a Pulmonary Rehab Program, try it, had a total positive affect on me. Please contact me if you wish to exchange more info. Also would appreciate learning anything you have done with positive effects...thank you and\n\nTake care and better breathing to you...
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Pfizer (for Celebrex, Viagra, Zoloft, Zyrtec, EPT, Benadryl, Rolaids, Cortizone 10, Desitin, Listerine, Neosporin, Sudafed, Visine- A, Lipitor, etc.)\n\nMerck & Co.\n\nLilly\n\nGSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
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Im answering from the UK  it may be different for other countries..\nBlue is Ventilin  This is a RELIEVER    for use DURING an Asthma Attack\n\nBeige is Becotide   this is a PREVENTER   normally taken a regular intervals  perhaps twice a day  to prevent an attack happening\n\nMy daughter also uses a Purple inhaler   this is Serotide  and is also a PREVENTER\n\nHope this helps\n\nDebs x
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I have worked for a Pulmonary (lung) Doctor for the past 14 years and he does not recommend ever using OTC inhalers. Call your doctor's office and tell them she needs a refill on her Albuterol inhaler. If she sees her doctor on a regular basis they should fill this for her without any problem. If she has not been to her doctor in awhile you should probably get her in to see him as soon as possible. And if you are not financially able to afford her medication at this time ask the office if they could give her a sample until you can afford it.
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It depends upon the type of disease.... generally for cardiac diseases, the most frequent treatments involve medications for blood pressure....  if someone has previously suffered a heart attack, a bypass and grafting are often done...  a pacemaker may be installe dto regualte heart rate and to ease the stress put on the myocardial tissues...\n\nthere are a multitude of respitory (lung) diseases as well... most common of course being asthma... but for any ailment affecting the lungs a common treatment is an inhaled medication that opens up the small vessels within the brochials... albuterol and combivent are common meds for such... a nebulizer may be used instead of an inhaler which acts in much the same fasion but adds a bit of moisture...\n\nto best answer you question however i would suggest that you refine your question to specific cardiovascular diseases
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site below is good for side effects of various\ndrugs. asthma is a phlegm problem (dried or sticky) so it constricts your bronchial movement. natural medicine has many ways to cure or at least improve this condition. Standard western med. treatments all have long term unwanted side effects.
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ZAFIRLUKAST (Accolate®) helps to reduce asthma symptoms (coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness) and control your asthma. It does not provide instant relief and cannot be used to treat a sudden asthma attack. It works only when used on a regular basis to help reduce inflammation and prevent asthma attacks. Zafirlukast is effective in adults and older children. Generic zafirlukast tablets are not yet available.
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I would need to know what you are already using.  There are several inhalers and nebulizer meds & oral meds that work singularly and in combination to enhance better air exchange.  In saying this, your physician knows you best, knows your lungs, your heart, your weight/nutrition....\n\nA person can live for many years even with advanced emphysema.  It depends on many things including the over all condition of the person, nutrition, environment, ability to exercise on some level, emotional strength...etc.  \n\nIf you are not involved in an exercise class, see if your hospital can recommend one specifically for people with chronic lung disease.  Building up your accessory muscles may go a long way to enhancing better gas exchange in your lungs.  Good nutrition is a must....small, frequent NUTRITIOUS food/meals.  \nYou need to keep yourself from getting respiratory illnesses, so be selfish about keeping your environment safe.....WASH your hands before eating, after shaking hands with others, handling money etc.  If you get sick...GET to your physician PRONTO.  \nI wish I had magic answers for you, but I don't.  Your daily routines should be done to maintain and enhance your quality of life....much of this will come from common sense, good medical care and compliance.....and a great attitude for life and living.
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COPD is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a chronic lung disease that includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. There is no cure for COPD. \n\nCOPD, though chronic, debilitating and sometimes fatal, can be managed, controlled and slowed down with proper treatment and care.  It is essential to see a pulmonary speicalist and take your medications as directed, stop smoking, eat healthy and exercise.
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Albuterol is a bronchodilator which means it helps the airways or bronchials relax and expand to allow more air to pass. It is used to treat asthma and bronchospasm. Since it is a bronchodilator that is all it can treat. In tablet or syrup form it will begin to work in 30 minutes and lasts up to 8 hours and long acting up to 12 hours. An inhalation treatment with albuterol either by way of metered dose inhaler or by nebulizer will take effect in 5 minutes. It is a drug that is considered very safe and can be used by children as well as adults.
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If a person is on medication for asthma and on oxygen, How can detoxifying help . and will it interfere with the medication which is necessary for them.
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Try pursed-lip breathing:  Breathe in, then breathe out through purse lips, as if you were going to whistle.  Breathe out forcefully as if trying to inflate a balloon, this causes a back-pressure that allows the airways to remain open wider and longer, then breathe in QUICKLY and deeply to fill the airways, gently hold your breath 3-4 seconds, then relax and exhale. Repeat several times if needed. Pulmonary rehab might help you, but beware because if your inhalers don't give any or much relief, then you could have a lung condition other than what has been diagnosed.  I have first hand knowledge of someone who got a second opinion after three years of thinking she had asthma and emphysema, during which the disease worsened.
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YES! I used to have chronic asthma - could not even walk up a few stairs without needing my inhaler and now I am totally cured and never wheeze or need an inhaler. \nFirstly, I took a course of BUTEYKO. This is a powerful but simple method which CURES asthma. (I used the Buteyko Eucapnic method). I went in on lots of different inhalers, a very ill person, and after 24 hours, I've never needed another inhaler again or had an attack or even wheezed much, and if I do feel short of breath, it's quickly controlled by using simple techniques.\nI don't want to go into the specifics as it could be dangerous for you to try them on your son without a professional showing you how. the basic point is that asthmatics actually OVER-breathe (even though they think they can't get enough air), and it teaches you to breathe more gently and calmly. The major point is to ALWAYS breathe through the nose, never the mouth, which you could start training him to do immediately, as this could not hurt him at all. It's a good thing for everyone to do!\n\nSecondly, get him checked for allergies: it is amazing how certain foods and things in your everyday environment can make your asthma so much worse. Common culprits are dairy products (mucus forming) and grains, but different people are allergic to individual things (I am allergic to sugar, for example). Also, many environmental factors affect asthma - animal hair, cigarettes, dust, bed mites, paint. One of the worse culprits is aerosol - so cut out all air fresheners, spray deodorant, hait lacquer, etc. Also, asthmatics should not take codeine - nurofen is a big no-no. One excellent treatment for Allergies and asthma is EPD (Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization).\n\nI really hope this helps. I live in the UK, so I hope these treatments are available wherever you live. GOOD LUCK!