Response to Asthma Pill Question

[Guest guest]

,

According to the " newly approved drugs " listings, at this link,

www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/druglist.html

there have not been any new asthma PILLS approved by the FDA, for a few years.

There have been new inhalants approved. The inhalant approved, last month, was

for COPD, not asthma. With COPD, a person usually has physical deterioration of

the tissues of the lung. Asthma, on the other hand, is a solely a " functional "

lung problem, not a problem that can be seen with an x-ray, cat scan, or MRI.

I take my Albuterol in pill form, but any (beta-adrenergic) pill is

inadvisable for a child. Your allergist or pulmonologist or pharmacist, will

agree with my caution. This is because any beta-adrenergic pill will act on your

entire body, and cause cardiac stimulation (heart palpitations) if too large a

dose is taken. Inhaled Albuterol, acts almost exclusively on the lungs. It is

easier to limit heart palpitations, with inhaled Albuterol, especially if you

take it with a nebulizer machine, rather than a hand-held cannister. With the

nebulizer, you just have to stop inhaling the albuterol the moment you feel the

heart palpitations, and they will usually subside quite soon. With a hand-held

Albuterol cannister, they caution you to pause for a few minutes between the

first and the second puff, to allow you to evaluate any negative side effects

like palpitations and dizzyness, before taking the second puff. If, after the

second puff, you experience palpitations, they will

usually subside in less than 15 minutes, unless you are having an allergic

reaction to the propellant chemical used in the cannister, in which case, you

should go to the hospital emergency room, if the palpitations continue longer

than 15 minutes, or they get worse as the minutes pass. Usually the palpitations

which are caused by the Albuterol ITSELF are not serious, if you don't also have

an underlying heart condition.

Also, before you decide that you, or your daughter, are getting a multiple

chemical sensitivity reaction to Albuterol, you should consider that the bad

reaction, which you had, or a previous poster said they had, may have been due

to the propellant chemical used in the Albuterol hand-held cannister. It says,

very clearly, on the doctor's cannister information, in the physicians PDR book,

that the PROPELLANT has been known TO CAUSE ASTHMA. The GOOD NEWS is, the

Albuterol that is used in hospital nebulizers and home nebulizers, DOES NOT

CONTAIN this, or any, propellant. So, don't be afraid to try the nebulizer, in a

hospital or doctor's office setting, at first, while your daughter's heart rate

is being monitored, during the nebulizer treatment.

Albuterol, in PILL form, on the other hand, is more difficult to limit

palpitations with. This is because, once you've swallowed the pill, or fraction

of a pill, and overestimated how sick with asthma you were, when selecting your

dose, you have to endure a duration of palpitations, for up to a six hour

period, before the albuterol dose wears off. This six hour period of therapeutic

effect, with a pill, is the very reason that I take my Albuterol in pill form,

rather than inhaling it. Most inhalations of Albuterol will not have a

therapeutic effect beyond four hours, at best. Like everything in medicine, if

its strong enough to help you, when used correctly, its strong enough to make

you sick, with an unwanted side effect, if used incorrectly. Also, the size of

the Albuterol pill is microscopic. My current dose is one-eighth (1/8) of a

pill, which amounts to performing microsurgery on the pill, to get the correct

dose. My dose varies, by season and allergen exposure. I am

63 and have had asthma since the age of nine, and been on abluterol for at

least 20 years, and, at least 3 or 4 times a year, I take too large a dose, in

PILL form, and it gives me palpitations.

Always remember, that the PRIMARY TREATMENT for Asthma, is the same as the

primary treatment for mold. Which is; " LEARN WHAT IS MAKING YOU SICK-AND AVOID

EXPOSURE TO IT " .

Good Luck, Joe

>

> Have any of you seen the pill for asthma? If so have you tried it? I can't

remember the name of it. Just wondered if it were taken orally if it would work

better, since not being inhaled directly into the lungs. I'd like to have an

alternative for my daughter incase she needs it one day, but very scared to try

anything after the incident. I don't even really know if it is for kids either.

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Joe for that information. This not only was informative to me, but

probably helpful to many on the board.

[] Response to " Asthma Pill " Question

,

According to the " newly approved drugs " listings, at this link,

www.centerwatch.com/patient/drugs/druglist.html

there have not been any new asthma PILLS approved by the FDA, for a few years.

There have been new inhalants approved. The inhalant approved, last month, was

for COPD, not asthma. With COPD, a person usually has physical deterioration of

the tissues of the lung. Asthma, on the other hand, is a solely a " functional "

lung problem, not a problem that can be seen with an x-ray, cat scan, or MRI.

I take my Albuterol in pill form, but any (beta-adrenergic) pill is

inadvisable for a child. Your allergist or pulmonologist or pharmacist, will

agree with my caution. This is because any beta-adrenergic pill will act on your

entire body, and cause cardiac stimulation (heart palpitations) if too large a

dose is taken. Inhaled Albuterol, acts almost exclusively on the lungs. It is

easier to limit heart palpitations, with inhaled Albuterol, especially if you

take it with a nebulizer machine, rather than a hand-held cannister. With the

nebulizer, you just have to stop inhaling the albuterol the moment you feel the

heart palpitations, and they will usually subside quite soon. With a hand-held

Albuterol cannister, they caution you to pause for a few minutes between the

first and the second puff, to allow you to evaluate any negative side effects

like palpitations and dizzyness, before taking the second puff. If, after the

second puff, you experience palpitations, they will

usually subside in less than 15 minutes, unless you are having an allergic

reaction to the propellant chemical used in the cannister, in which case, you

should go to the hospital emergency room, if the palpitations continue longer

than 15 minutes, or they get worse as the minutes pass. Usually the palpitations

which are caused by the Albuterol ITSELF are not serious, if you don't also have

an underlying heart condition.

Also, before you decide that you, or your daughter, are getting a multiple

chemical sensitivity reaction to Albuterol, you should consider that the bad

reaction, which you had, or a previous poster said they had, may have been due

to the propellant chemical used in the Albuterol hand-held cannister. It says,

very clearly, on the doctor's cannister information, in the physicians PDR book,

that the PROPELLANT has been known TO CAUSE ASTHMA. The GOOD NEWS is, the

Albuterol that is used in hospital nebulizers and home nebulizers, DOES NOT

CONTAIN this, or any, propellant. So, don't be afraid to try the nebulizer, in a

hospital or doctor's office setting, at first, while your daughter's heart rate

is being monitored, during the nebulizer treatment.

Albuterol, in PILL form, on the other hand, is more difficult to limit

palpitations with. This is because, once you've swallowed the pill, or fraction

of a pill, and overestimated how sick with asthma you were, when selecting your

dose, you have to endure a duration of palpitations, for up to a six hour

period, before the albuterol dose wears off. This six hour period of therapeutic

effect, with a pill, is the very reason that I take my Albuterol in pill form,

rather than inhaling it. Most inhalations of Albuterol will not have a

therapeutic effect beyond four hours, at best. Like everything in medicine, if

its strong enough to help you, when used correctly, its strong enough to make

you sick, with an unwanted side effect, if used incorrectly. Also, the size of

the Albuterol pill is microscopic. My current dose is one-eighth (1/8) of a

pill, which amounts to performing microsurgery on the pill, to get the correct

dose. My dose varies, by season and allergen exposure. I am

63 and have had asthma since the age of nine, and been on abluterol for at

least 20 years, and, at least 3 or 4 times a year, I take too large a dose, in

PILL form, and it gives me palpitations.

Always remember, that the PRIMARY TREATMENT for Asthma, is the same as the

primary treatment for mold. Which is; " LEARN WHAT IS MAKING YOU SICK-AND AVOID

EXPOSURE TO IT " .

Good Luck, Joe

>

> Have any of you seen the pill for asthma? If so have you tried it? I can't

remember the name of it. Just wondered if it were taken orally if it would work

better, since not being inhaled directly into the lungs. I'd like to have an

alternative for my daughter incase she needs it one day, but very scared to try

anything after the incident. I don't even really know if it is for kids either.

>