Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Thank you lurkitty117! Your explanation about albuterol composition was helpful. I didn't realize there were other rescue inhalers even available. It's great to hear from a chemist who has a greater ability to understand the intricacies of these meds and explain to us non-chemists.... On another note, what of the CFC ban and our rescue inhalers? The last time I refilled my albuterol inhaler Rx, costco online pharmacy tried to sell me a " new " version of the standard albuterol inhaler for about $35 each! I hit the ceiling as I've been paying about $10/each cash which is cheaper than my drug copay. After eons of back and forth with them on why they felt they had the right to switch me to a new medication, they finally disclosed that they had no more stock of the " old " albuterol inhalers and that soon they would not be available anywhere because the CFCs in them had been banned. They had evidently asked my Dr for a substitute Rx but of course I was out of the loop on that. So I looked locally and got my refill of the old variety at the corner drugstore instead. So does this mean that we will now have to pay 3x or more for our inhalers because of the ban on CFCs and " new and improved " albuterol inhalers? Does anyone know if this is true? Why on earth haven't our legislators made an exception to the CFC ban for inhalers for the sake of people's health? I mean they certainly can't do that much harm given how small they are and that we INHALE the contents and don't spray it into the atmosphere like other products. And further on albuterol, am I weird because I don't get palpitations and jitters from my inhaler? I just don't get those side effects, even taking it 2 puffs up to 5 times a day (when I'm in a bad phase). On salmeterol and the Advair diskus: why can't Flovent and other forms of cortisone inahlers be " dry " like the Advair is? Is it specifically because salmeterol is dry and the cortisone is piggybacked on it? I too am scared about salmeterol and requested a change to Qvar but I still have some Advair I don't feel right throwing away.... Regarding mucinex which described her use as the first step in " getting the mucuous out " to prevent rapid onset of bigger problems: my doctor has suggested a similar plan however she cautions that LOTS of water is key. Otherwise you can end up with thick mucuous that will lodge in the lungs and be breeding ground for infection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Leena: 1) I dont get palpitations from albuterol any more....I do in massive quantities and I take a bp med that stabilizes my hr but even before I didn't react. I did initially so I think I habituated to to those side effects. 2) In Canada, flovent is available in a 500 mcg diskus exactly like advair. Perhaps you can get it in the US. 3) Odd that the non-CFC ones are more $$. Mine were all the same cost but then I am from Quebec with the most socialist prescription drug plan in all of North America. (eg Xolair is available to some patients for free on the public health care plan. No co-pay). __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I went to my doctor the other day. I told him the new inhaler without the cfc's that my pharmacy automatically gave me in place of my atrovent didn't seem to work as well as the one with the cfc's in it . He told me that some people notice the difference and it may not work as well for some people. Ask your doctor about it if it doesn't seem to work as well for you, he prescribed something a else for me. Sharon who notices everything different when it comes to breathing GoGo away, before I drop a house on you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Excuse my error it was an albuterol inhaler not an atrovent inhaler that I was talking about when I was talking about the cfc's.. Sharon who has been working too many double shifts - In , " Leena Grace " <leenagrace@...> wrote: > > Thank you lurkitty117! Your explanation about albuterol composition was > helpful. I didn't realize there were other rescue inhalers even available. > It's great to hear from a chemist who has a greater ability to understand > the intricacies of these meds and explain to us non-chemists.... > > On another note, what of the CFC ban and our rescue inhalers? The last time > I refilled my albuterol inhaler Rx, costco online pharmacy tried to sell me > a " new " version of the standard albuterol inhaler for about $35 each! I hit > the ceiling as I've been paying about $10/each cash which is cheaper than my > drug copay. After eons of back and forth with them on why they felt they had > the right to switch me to a new medication, they finally disclosed that they > had no more stock of the " old " albuterol inhalers and that soon they would > not be available anywhere because the CFCs in them had been banned. They had > evidently asked my Dr for a substitute Rx but of course I was out of the > loop on that. So I looked locally and got my refill of the old variety at > the corner drugstore instead. So does this mean that we will now have to pay > 3x or more for our inhalers because of the ban on CFCs and " new and > improved " albuterol inhalers? Does anyone know if this is true? Why on earth > haven't our legislators made an exception to the CFC ban for inhalers for > the sake of people's health? I mean they certainly can't do that much harm > given how small they are and that we INHALE the contents and don't spray it > into the atmosphere like other products. > > And further on albuterol, am I weird because I don't get palpitations and > jitters from my inhaler? I just don't get those side effects, even taking it > 2 puffs up to 5 times a day (when I'm in a bad phase). > > On salmeterol and the Advair diskus: why can't Flovent and other forms of > cortisone inahlers be " dry " like the Advair is? Is it specifically because > salmeterol is dry and the cortisone is piggybacked on it? I too am scared > about salmeterol and requested a change to Qvar but I still have some Advair > I don't feel right throwing away.... > > Regarding mucinex which described her use as the first step in > " getting the mucuous out " to prevent rapid onset of bigger problems: my > doctor has suggested a similar plan however she cautions that LOTS of water > is key. Otherwise you can end up with thick mucuous that will lodge in the > lungs and be breeding ground for infection. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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