... I take spiriva for my asthma too, it's aimed at COPD in England as well, the drs at the Royal Brompton hospital in London put me on it. ... (1 replies)
... You need to understand something. There is no cure for asthma. You are always, always going to be dependent on some form of medication. ... (27 replies)
... I am suffering with the same symptoms. They started me on Zantac for two months which did nothing. ... (7 replies)
... I know it's for COPD but some folks use Spiriva for asthma. Have you tried it? ... (7 replies)
... I take Spiriva for copd along with a long list of asthma meds. ... (1 replies)
... I thought Spiriva was for COPD (Chronic Bronchitis, etc) not Asthma. At least that's what the commericals and their web site say.
Maybe you just need different meds, or a greater variety. I'm on 6 for asthma, *plus* rescuer!:) (5 replies)
... I have been on Spiriva for a while now and it is great. Once a day, is a big change from all the hand inhaulers I was on. My Mom also used it and she done very well it on too. ... (8 replies)
... I have been on spiriva for the last year or so because of asthma. It has helped me and I have had no side effects with it and what not. I like it better than my advair and singulair. ... (8 replies)
... My doctor has put me on Spirva daily for my asthma. ... (1 replies)
... Yeah...I feel like I might have CVA since I've had a chronic cough for quite some time. I'll see how I do with the Ventolin and reevaluate at a later date. ... (38 replies)
... I do have cough variant asthma and am on Spiriva and symbycort. I was told I might never be off them! ... (7 replies)
... Has anybody with asthma had nitrous oxide for dental work while on Advair and Spriva? ... (0 replies)
... I also agree that you should be seen right away to get this flare up under controll!! Also for me colds can make my asthma worse. Which sucks when every thing else out there seems to make it worse as well!! Hope you feel better and can get this flare up under controll soon!! ... (4 replies)
... I have allergic asthma and had a really bad flare up at the beginning of the season, but as far as I know there hasn't been a huge change in allergens recently. ... (4 replies)
... Thanks but I really don't need a written plan from my pulmonologist as I have been in COMPLETE REMISSION FOR 15 YEARS. The two knee surgeries were special situations for which I had to ask him how he wanted to handle my Prednisone dose right before the surgeries. ... (25 replies)
... My doc had me on Prednisone because I had a bad Asthma patch, but it's calming down now. She wants me off the Prednisone and wants to replace it with other drugs if possible. ... (27 replies)
... with either alvesco, pulmicort, or asmanex as a booster. I'm now on dulera 200, spiriva, singulair, maxair, albuterol for nebs, lots of allergy stuff, prednisone at times, etc. I've done 3 ER visits this year so far and had 4 emergency situations last year. ... (8 replies)
... either during or after. I never felt like I needed a rescue inhaler and had never used one. I also had a bout of "allergy" asthma for lack of a better word triggered by packing things up for a move in 2007. ... (7 replies)
... My aunt had her first asthma attack in 2001 during a hike in the mountains. ... (2 replies)
... bacterial infections triggering asthma that takes weeks to get under control. ... (6 replies)
