Bronchospasm

Pendaluft/EJB190 and Celestial: Thank you so much for your advice. I ordered a spacer and should be here in a few days. My pulmonologist gave me QVAR 40mg. I have now used this medication at 1puff at night and 1 in the morning for one week and have now increased to two/two with two puffs of albuteral prior to swimming. BUTT, little or no results so far. My condition is specific to swimming (my favorite sport). I do 2 mile soft sand runs with sprints twice a week, bike 30 miles once a week, row 3 miles 1/wk and surf and paddle off So. Cal beaches when the waves are good and have no bronchospasms with any of these activities. Good choice on the spacer. I have actually heard really good things about QVAR. One pharmacist friend (who unlike most is very involved with his patients) told me all of his customers who switched to it noticed improvement. Like Pendulift said the steroids will take a little time to work up their efficacy so hang in there. The thing about Albuterol is that it works, but only for 15 minutes or so. In my opinion & experience, I really don't find it to be a legit long term treatment option because of it's duration. As a rescue inhaler, fine, but I guess it will "tide you over" until the QVAR kicks in. Here's a question: Do you swim indoors? Not to point out the obvious but if you're not having any issues with any of your other activities, it seems like the chlorinated air of a natatorium might be whats triggering the Bronchospams. If you have the luxury of being in a location where you can use outdoor pool now, a Cu-ionized pool, or a salt water pool, perhaps that'd be something to test out and see how you fair compared to your regular pool. Good luck with your medication and if it doesn't work, go back.

Pendaluft/EJB190 and Celestial: Thank you so much for your advice. I ordered a spacer and should be here in a few days. My pulmonologist gave me QVAR 40mg. I have now used this medication at 1puff at night and 1 in the morning for one week and have now increased to two/two with two puffs of albuteral prior to swimming. BUTT, little or no results so far. My condition is specific to swimming (my favorite sport). I do 2 mile soft sand runs with sprints twice a week, bike 30 miles once a week, row 3 miles 1/wk and surf and paddle off So. Cal beaches when the waves are good and have no bronchospasms with any of these activities. Good choice on the spacer. I have actually heard really good things about QVAR. One pharmacist friend (who unlike most is very involved with his patients) told me all of his customers who switched to it noticed improvement. Like Pendulift said the steroids will take a little time to work up their efficacy so hang in there. The thing about Albuterol is that it works, but only for 15 minutes or so. In my opinion & experience, I really don't find it to be a legit long term treatment option because of it's duration. As a rescue inhaler, fine, but I guess it will "tide you over" until the QVAR kicks in. Here's a question: Do you swim indoors? Not to point out the obvious but if you're not having any issues with any of your other activities, it seems like the chlorinated air of a natatorium might be whats triggering the Bronchospams. If you have the luxury of being in a location where you can use outdoor pool now, a Cu-ionized pool, or a salt water pool, perhaps that'd be something to test out and see how you fair compared to your regular pool. Good luck with your medication and if it doesn't work, go back.