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Well, I have had asthma for... as long as I can remember, I got my nebulizer when I was 5 or 6
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone has any advice or stories. I've always taken the standard albuterol, I did do cromolyn sodium for a long time but quit that a few years ago when I started taking Singulair.
I had a hard time getting an appt with my doctor and ran out of the Singulair, and remembered how bad my asthma is. I was waking up at 6 am every day wheezing (blech) and even after a full dose on the nebulizer still wasn't at 100%.
Anyway, at the doc today we decided to start Advair even though I've been resisting steroids for over a decade now. My pediatrician was very against them, but I guess these new ones might be different.
Anyone else? The pharmacist said it would help me more than anything else, only one dose so far but it seems to be helping.
Here's the main problem. For just my asthma meds, not that I'm on much else, my copay was 130$. I can't really afford that... (Singulair, nebulizer albuterol, inhaler albuterol, and the advair, which was 50$ by itself) so I am especially wondering if anyone has been able to quit taking other stuff (under doctor's orders of course) once they've started the steroid? Like, if I don't need a rescue inhaler much, especially, since I go through 2 a month.
Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone has any advice or stories. I've always taken the standard albuterol, I did do cromolyn sodium for a long time but quit that a few years ago when I started taking Singulair.
I had a hard time getting an appt with my doctor and ran out of the Singulair, and remembered how bad my asthma is. I was waking up at 6 am every day wheezing (blech) and even after a full dose on the nebulizer still wasn't at 100%.
Anyway, at the doc today we decided to start Advair even though I've been resisting steroids for over a decade now. My pediatrician was very against them, but I guess these new ones might be different.
Anyone else? The pharmacist said it would help me more than anything else, only one dose so far but it seems to be helping.
Here's the main problem. For just my asthma meds, not that I'm on much else, my copay was 130$. I can't really afford that... (Singulair, nebulizer albuterol, inhaler albuterol, and the advair, which was 50$ by itself) so I am especially wondering if anyone has been able to quit taking other stuff (under doctor's orders of course) once they've started the steroid? Like, if I don't need a rescue inhaler much, especially, since I go through 2 a month.