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Q: Is Atrovent HFA inhaler steroid or non-steroid?


A: It is an anticholinergic bronchodilator. No steroid in it at all.

Q: What is the difference between Atrovent and Proair?
My Grandfather has Emphysema and can't remember which one he is supposed to take. As of right now he is taking proair, 2 inhalations every morning. He discovered tonight that he has another inhaler that he ran out of which he was supposed to be taking called Atrovent. His symptoms seem to be getting worse and worse especially as the summer progresses. So I am wondering what the difference is between these two inhalers and if that may have something to do with the exacerbation of his symptoms...

A: Atrovent is used to prevent bronchospasm, or narrowing airways in the lungs, in people with bronchitis, emphysema, or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Atrovent is used to prevent bronchospasm attacks. Atrovent will not treat bronchospasm while it is happening. You grandfather may still have difficulty breathing and may need to use PROAIR to treat the attack. To best control his condition, use Atrovent regularly, and continue using all medicines as directed by his doctor. ProAir which is Albuteroland a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs. Albuterol is used to treat or prevent bronchospasm in people with reversible obstructive airway disease. These drugs help relieve bronchospasm, but use different pathways in the body to accomplish the job. Maybe you should call his physician and clarify which medicines he is supposed to be using and the frequency. Good luck.

Q: ive been taking inhalers for years,and recently atrovent?
but a few weeks ago i lost my inhaler for a few days and didnt feel too bad.so i left it and left it,and i am ok.does it mean my asthma is gone?or what?any ideas anyone please.

A: hi, i did that as well and in three months i was in intensive care and very nearly died, but i felt fine before that. if i were you id go bk to the doctor and tell them you want to be re-evaluated maybe you can go down to a less powerful inhaler.

Q: My baby has a bad chest & cough, not clearing up after 5 weeks. Anyone have a magic wand?
She's been on 2 sets of antibiotics, ventolin, steriods and atrovent inhaler. I put a cold mist humidifier in her room. I thought it might of helped, but doc said probably wouldn't so stopped... can anyone give any advice on what else I can try. She's sick in the morning coughing up phlegm and wakes throughout the night. She's been poorly so long, just want her better :-(

A: After 5 weeks her doctor should be taking more direct action. I can make a suggestion, however her age plays a large role in what you can do. I would start by giving her as much help breathing after a bath as you can. have her lay on your legs slightly tilted down and pound on her back with a cupped hand (it breaks up mucus build up in the lungs -they teach this to asthmatic parents) do it for a few minutes on the back then roll her to her back and do it on her chest still have her slightly tilted down. Next put eucalyptus (sp) oil in her humidifier or on a cotton ball under her pillow to help the sleeping times. Also make a tent over her bed and keep it humid so that the air doesn't dry out as dry air causes coughing fits....your doctor should know that. Next if the symptoms don't start improving in the week you need to contact a respatory specialist for pediatrics. It is more than just a bad chest and cough cold at that point. Your daughter may have asthma and need to be on treatement. (My daughter was born with asthma and it took them 6 months to diagnose her. I know how frustrating this time can be and how scary it is too. Trust your instincts and keep going to the doctor until you are satisfied with the answer they give.!!!!) Momma_Bear

Q: I have COPD, and I need a source of Albuterol, Proventil, Atrovent, Flovent, and Spiriva inhalers. Thank you.


A: I have copd , emphysema and you can speak to your general practitioner and the office can contact the drug maker and have an application form faxed to them for you to fill out and possibly obtain the drugs free or at a greatly reduced price , the office will then fax the application back to the drug manufacturer speeding up the process. I've done this for my mother also , it works and your doctors office will assist with this . Best of luck to you , I highly recommend this .

Q: How to effectively treat Asthma?
I have had problems with asthma for a few years now, as it comes and goes. I'm on the following: 1)Singulair 2)Claritin 3)Advair 4)Atrovent 5)Albuterol emergency inhaler. I also eat right, take a few "vitamin shoppe" supplements, and even tried pulmicort respules a bit. I feel a tad bit overmedicated, and yet even with all of this I'm still not 100% symptom free. Does having asthma mean that one will always feel a % of symptoms active? I don't want to feel slight pressures on my chest and diaphragm area my whole life. Surely there must be something that can alleviate the symptoms in full.

A: Well, I was about to answer you with the meds that work for me, but seems like you are already on them and more. If I were you, I think I would go register over at Web MD (it's free): http://www.webmd.com/ and you can ask a doctor for advice and join in chats/ discussion groups about asthma there, maybe you could get some new insights. I certainly wish you the best of luck friend.

Q: what would cause a shadow on a 10 weeks old baby's lungs?
my baby was 9 weeks old at the time of the x-ray. he has a shadow on his left lung, sternum recession and when in drawing breath you can see his ribs. he has a mild cough and has now been given antibiotics and atrovent inhaler. he passed mirconium before he was born. the hospital have done a ecg and want to do a sweat test (no family history of cf so how can they even think of this). family history of asthma, hayfever, and eczema. he also has had a range of blood tests but that went over my head as to what they were. suggestions welcome i can't see it being cancer. nor can i see it being pnuemonia as he is gaining weight every week and takes in plenty of milk upto 12 oz per feed

A: pneumonia or cancer can

Q: Adult-onset asthma - advice needed?
Last week I went to the doctor with a bad cough and a hard time breathing - he thought I had bronchitis and prescribed a Z-pack and some hydrocodone cough syrup ($50). A week later with no relief, I went back to the doctor more fatigued, non-productive cough, constant headache, irritated throat - just miserable - he did a "peak-function" test and it was severely limited for my height. He prescribed low-dose prednisone twice a day for five days and Ventolin (2 puffs every 4 hours) ($40 - would've been more but they had a coupon for the Ventolin). A few days went by with no relief and tonight I finally went to the ER because I was sick of being miserable and wasn't getting any relief and didn't want to keep missing work for no known cause. They did a chest x-ray, blood tests, EKG etc and gave me three rounds on the nebulizer and IV steroids and sent me out the door telling me that I have asthma. I've been miserable for two weeks (missing 5 out of 10 days of work) because of asthma?!?! I've never had asthma nor is it in my family, but now they're adding an Atrovent inhaler (4 puffs/4x a day) and increasing the Ventolin to 4 puffs 4x a day and discontinuing the last 3 pills of Prednison and starting me on a Medrol dose-pack as well as giving me Tessalon pearls for the cough. Does this seem like a lot to anyone else? I see an allergist at the end of July (adult-onset allergies too). Obviously I can't wait to feel better after a horrible two weeks, but I'm just so afraid that my days are going to revolve around all of these meds - how does it come on so suddenly? I guess i just need some support since this is all new to me. If you've been through this, any advice would be great! Thanks all! Back to the pharmacy again tomorrow to spend the rest of my savings - grrr! So each day I am taking: -16 puffs Atrovent -16 puffs Ventolin -(3) 200mg Benzonatate (for cough) -(4) Methylprednisolone (decreasing by one pill each day for 4 more days) -(1) 100 mcg Levothyroxine (hypothyroidism) -(1) 20mg Citalopram (depression) -(1) Zyrtec-D -(8) Extra-strength headache relief (constant headaches from coughing) I'm still constantly wheezing and coughing (mostly non-productive)!! And now when I swallow it sounds/feels like I have water in my ear and my chest feels like I inhaled a ton of water (like when I used to go swimming when I was younger). You're telling me this is asthma? I want to go back to work, but I can barely go up one flight of steps without wheezing and hacking my head off. I'm only 26 and am I really supposed to just accept that this is what the rest of my life is going to be like and I'm going to be on this much medication when 2.5 weeks ago I was fine? I'm hoping that once the (pill) steroids are lessened I can sleep again

A: You should have a allergy test done to she what triggers your asthma,My daughter when through the same thing and it turns out asthma can cause chronic Pneumonia.She takes Zyrtec,Singular,Flonase,and Flovent,Plus she has to use a Nebulizer with Albuterol and she's only 12.

Q: I have just been diagnosed with asthma in January?
I am having a very hard time with this. I can't seem to go one day without feeling like I can't breath. I wake up in the middle of the night and I have to take a breathing treatment. I am on Atrovent 4x's a day, Albuterol inhaler 4x's, Breathing Machine 4x's and Singulair 10mg once a day. I want to know does it get better and how can I help to make it better? I can't hardly do anything without getting breathless. I was very active and have always been but I got sick a year and have been down ever since. I have never had asthma and didn't know what to do when I was diagnosed with it at age 33. I have been in and out of the hospital so many times with this over this last year. I have to carry a neublizer with me everywhere I go. I need all the help I can get so I can get back on my feet again. I am sick of being sick. I want to know the best way to handle asthma and go on with my daily life. Serious anwers please.

A: Wow, your situation sounds familiar. But I must say, you seem to be on too many things at one time. First, you have to figure out why this happened. Are you living in a place which is polluted? What changed, did you move? Have you gone through a major stress that weakened your immune system? Do the basics to help asthma. Make sure you have no animals or carpeting in your bedroom. It must be a clean, dust free, chemical free place. Wash your bedding weekly in very hot water to kill dust mites, an aggrivator of asthma. Next, get an air purifier. In the winter, more pollutants get trapped in the home. Open windows when there is good weather. Limit clean fluids in your home, use instead more natural things. Get tested for your allergies and get those out of your life. Do things to boost your immune system; suppliments like NAC, Quercetin (good for lungs especially), C, A, E vitamins. Do you have gas heat and appliances? Those have been found to be very bad for asthmatics. Are you near a body of water? Being near water helps because you get cleaner air. I would discuss with your doctor all of these medications you are on. I take issue with all of them at one time. Even at my worst, I was on a daily in the morning and evening and then a rescue. If you'd like to email me for more information and support, feel free. Take care.

Q: Ocular migraine?
Does anyone know if the inhaler Atrovent can make ocular migraines worse or come more frequently? The inhaler isn't a "necessary" med - long story. I'm never short of breath nor do I have asthma - I'm on this maintenance inhaler for another reason. But I do need to know if it makes oculars worse. Thanks. Karen

A: Yes I'm afraid it can. I don't know if it can cause them to be more frequent but the listed side effects makes me believe it is very possible if you take it on a regular basis. Ocular side effects have been reported (see Warnings). Eye pain or discomfort, blurred vision, visual halos or colored images in association with red eyes from conjunctival congestion and corneal edema may be signs of acute narrow-angle glaucoma. Should any of these symptoms develop, treatment with miotic drops should be initiated and specialist advice sought immediately. In the event that glaucoma is precipitated or worsened, treatment should include standard measures for this condition. Hope this helps>

Q: Vocal Cord Dysfunction?
A doctor that specializes in sports induced asthma told me I most likely have Vocal Cord Dysfunction. For about the past two years, I've had attacks when in extremely hot weather, or when under stress. Sometimes just when running a lot. Or all! They're horrible, I can hardly breathe. I get dizzy and light headed and I have to sit down or I feel nauseous and like I'm going to pass out. Does anyone have any advice on medications, or what to do? I've been told breathing exercises help, but they do little when I'm actually having an attack. I read about something called the Atrovent Oral Inhaler, which you can supposedly taken before exercising and it will help. Any insight?

A: Did you have an exercise test with a pulmonary function test to determine if you truly have vocal cord dysfunction. The treatment is not drugs. You need to see a speech pathologist you specializes in this or a sports psychologist. Breathing exercises are part of the treatment. Atrovent and other breathing medicaiton are used for exercise induced asthma. I am a respiratory therapsit as well as a physical therapist. I have given the test.

Q: Asthma help??
I have never smoked nor do I live with any smokers or pets. My meds are Ventolin inhaler and nebs, Atrovent nebs, 2000mcg Flixotide, 200mcg Serevent, Montelukast,Prednisolone etc I am absolutely desperate to get the symptoms under control, I've been under a Thoracic Consultant for 9 months now yet I have symptoms everyday and as soon as evening approaches I get really bad and need o2. Anyone know what other options I have medication wise or what is likely to be the next step with my consultant? Anyone been in this position? I am a healthy 25 yr old female and this is affecting my job, social life etc Could this be brittle asthma??

A: Sounds like chronic asthma.I used to be the same as u and had everything still on ventolin flixotide,serevent.I had been like that since i was 2yrs old up until i fell pregnant with my son at 17.When i fell pregnant it seemed to get alot better,i still have bad periods with it now but not as bad as i used to.I think u just have to leave it with what u are doing now.oh forgot to say i am now 25.

Q: Inhalers 'could cause heart attack'??
my son has bin on this long term for his breathing has recurring chest infections is there any thing in it? They open up the airways by relaxing muscles, which allows air to get in and out of the patient's lungs more easily. The latest study looked at the inhalers ipratropium (Atrovent) and tiotropium (Spiriva). The meta-analysis examined at 17 medical trials involved a total of 14,783 patients who were using the inhalers for more than 30 days. Writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the authors said: "Inhaled anticholinergic use for more than 30 days significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (heart attack), or stroke in patients with COPD by approximately 58%." http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080924/tuk-inhalers-could-cause-heart-attack-6323e80.html

A: Oh dear, there are a lot of potentially worrying problems involved in your question. You don't give your son's age, so I am going to assume he is 20 years or less. If this is correct, he probably does not have even the correct diagnosis, let alone the correct management! Recurrent symptoms of breathlessness and or wheeze plus more prolonged chesty episodes is statistically likely to be asthma. Asthmatics don't actually get more 'chest infections' than non-asthmatics. What they get is episodes of lung instability, triggered by viral illnesses, of which we all get an average of 7 a year, ie one every 7 weeks. These are not due to bacterial infection and therefore do not respond to antibiotics. Symptomatically the wheeze, tightness and breathlessness, but often not the cough, respond to inhaled beta2 agonists, the commonest short acting drug being salbutamol (Ventolin). and the longer acting salmeterol (Serevent.) The drugs causing concern are anticholinergics, these are drugs used in COPD, chronic obstructive airways disease, not asthma. The thumbnail of a patient with this, would be a middle aged smoker or perhaps a miner with an industrial dust condition, not a young man with asthma, so he should not have been using Atrovent or Spiriva. Finally asthmatics with chronic symptoms should be managed with both relievers (Ventolin/salbutamol) + preventers, either inhaled steroids or more up to date combined inhaled steroid/long acting beta2 inhalers, to reduce the occurrence of their symptoms. I have made a lot of assumptions in my answer based on precious little information and much of it may not be applicable to your son. However if some of it strikes a cord I might suggest that you ask your GP to get your son referred to a hospital based Respiratory Physician.

Q: I'm on 5 different meds, and my Asthma isnt getting better. HELP!?
I've had asthma off on since about 2003, it just started in my adulthood. I'm 25 now. Took all sorts of tests, my oxygen level is at 100%, lungs are clear, nothing abnormal on CT scan and xray, everything is supposedly fine with one tiny exception: The chest tightness/soreness and PAIN, that is associated with my asthma symptoms are almost a daily occurence sometimes, and they get worse when I'm on the road driving, out somewhere, the mall, basically living my day. I'm on: singulair, claritin, advair, atrovent, and obvvoiusly albuterol emergency inhaler. Despite all this, it's not controlled at all. My doctors say theres not much more they can do for me, but thats B*LLShit! I'm very mad, i see all sorts of different drugs, even injections. Why are the docs not helping me out? Just because i can breathe and oxygen levels are fine doesnt mean that my tightness/pressure and PAIN arent there. theyre not deadly i guess, but they make me dizzy like i want to pass out. I can't lead my life anymore. Everytime I go anywhere I get the asthma symptoms, and also feels like slight allergy symptoms as well, my head/sinuses get kind of strange, I feel almost like out of it, like I can't breathe, think straight at all, I feel like at that moment, like I'm dying and like I want some percoset or morphine or something, b ecause the discomfort and pain I feel gets to be pretty severe. Is asthma supposed to be THAT bad? I mean, mine gets that bad and the tightness gets bad so my heart rate speeds up. I don't know whats triggering it, and honestly, its just everyday things which I cannot avoid. I cant seem to concentrate on anything anymore, and since there is NOTHING wrong with my lungs due to the tests, I dont know what else to blame it on. Is this EVEN asthma? or is this another respiratory condition? All i know is, it sucks, and i havent felt the same in a long time. Im very scared, and going to get a 2nd opinion. the docs that ive seen are calling my condition mild to moderate. MILD TO MODERATE> Okay so I'm not wheezing, and I'm not turnign black and blue. So what!?!? That doesnt mean that I can go on daily like its not here, when its so BLATANTLY apparent to me like night and day. It's so uncomfortable and "in your face," and I can't ignore it! Do these doctors expect me to ignore my symptoms and grit and bear it? I can't do that.

A: I have bad asthma too. A couple of years ago I would periodically get this horrendous tightness in my chest making it difficult for me to breathe. It was like the worst asthma attacks possible. I even had to be taken to the ER by ambulance. No one could figure out what the problem was. After quite some time they discovered that I had horrible gallstones and had to have my gallbladder taken out. My gallbladder? What does that have to do with my breathing? I still don't know but they took out my gallbladder and I haven't had the problem since. The point is, it could be something totally unrelated to the asthma. Your symptoms sound a lot like non-asthma stuff like maybe acid reflux, but I'm not a doctor. Get a second opinion or a third. Keep searching until someone listens to you. You should not have to live with this pain. You don't smoke do you?

Q: Besides Lipitor are there other medications or natural medicine that raise your AIC blood glucose level?
With an AIC of 8.3 my doctor is wanting to add an oral medication to my long list of meds ie: Prilosec, Musinex, Tetracycline, Tegratol.( It's a diuretic that also is suppost to keep blood pressure down ) green tea extract. super B complex, Lorazepham., atrovent & albuterol inhalers, I am leary of this as I feel my glucose would be fine without all these meds. Any informaion would be greatly appreciated as I have heard that once you start glucose control meds it can only insure you have type II diabetis and never have had that problem and I hope to get off as many of the meds as I can! Please Help??

A: Hi! I'm on Zocor and I don't have any problems with my BG being too high...... (Type 1 on a insulin pump) Plus I'm on a thyroid and depression meds.. Those don't make my BG high either.... I know over the counter cold/flu meds makes my BG high but that's it..... Stress makes your BG high and other things too... I know Musinex will make your BG high it's a sinus meds if you have sinus problems...... I only take that when I have a sinus infection..... Good Luck! Also Talk to your ENDO about your meds that's what he's there for, if you are not foresure what your family dr is doing......