Yes, my Pulmonologist also gives me samples, and they are only for so many days to get me to try the new meds, I think that is great, because it helps me to try them without having to pay for them right away. To: [email]asthma [/email] Sent:

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Yes, my Pulmonologist also gives me samples, and they are only for so many days to get me to try the new meds, I think that is great, because it helps me to try them without having to pay for them right away. To: asthma Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 5:52 PM Subject: Re: Rescue inhaler question

For us on Medicare they also keep back samples so they can apportion them out to us when the cost of our meds lands us in Medicare's donut hole toward the end of every year. At that point insurance no longer covers them and we have to pay full price or do without. The samples I get are enough for only 15 days treatment per inhaler.

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> Does anyone use QVAR or Ventolin as a rescue inhaler? Any comments on these

> or on those you use or have tried?

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> My husband, Bob, has been given samples of each by his primary care doctor.

> So far, Bob doesn't feel a difference in the two. Ventolin contains

> albuterol sulfate. He also uses an Ipratropium Bromide and Albuterol

> Sulfate inhalation solution in his nebulizer.

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> He purchased the Ventolin; then the doctor gave him a sample of Qvar. Qvar

> is composed of beclomethasone dipropionate HFA.

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> Sometimes it seems as if doctors in the USA hand out many samples, hoping

> to get feedback from their patients.

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> Thanks

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> Judy K

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