Inhaled Bronchodilator Sensitivity

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Hi,

My pulmo and I (using trial & error) have dicovered that inhaled

beta-agonists work for me short term, but they end up making me even

tighter long term. As he puts it " it comes back and hits you in the

head. " We discovered this when I was hospitalized at 3 differnt

hospitals from the very beginning of June - the end of July 2006 (for

a non-asthma related illness, basically due to the steroids for my

asthma a stomach virus went to my brain) and I didn't use any inhaled

bronchodilators. I take Theo-24, do Atrovent nebs, and use Spiriva

(so I can lay down and sleep at night) and they do not affect me

adversely, but I currently have Acute Bronchitis and the standard

treatment would be a beta-agonist, but my pulmo is so afraid, that he

had me increase my Atrovent nebs instead. So I'm doing nebs every 2

hrs (fun stuff) and waking up multiple times during the night to do

nebs, but my pulmo's happy with that. He says that he's afraid that

I'll get so clamped down if I do any bronchodilators that he won't be

able to open me back up. So, I was wondering if anybody else is

sensitive to inhaled bronchodilators? It is apparently very rare, my

pulmo says that I do this kind of thing on purpose, just to make my

case more complicated . Thanks.

Meagan