Injection to help you breathe
I had to go to ER because I was having what I thought was bronchitis issues (turned out to be Covid, I have COPD). They gave me an injection and said it was for opening up my lungs to make it easier to breathe. I didn’t catch the name. She warned me it would give me a slight burning sensation in my private parts for a few seconds, and it did. Does anyone know what this drug is? It has helped my breathing a lot.
Hi again,
, and thanks for this post and question - it's a good one! I did notice you posted elsewhere on our COPD.net platform, and I was able to provide an answer to you there, as well. For ease of reference, here is a link to that conversation: https://copd.net/members/janeen67/status/132523.
We appreciate you sharing your recent medical circumstances with the community (above). It's good to know that you recognized a trip to the emergency department was necessary based on the way you were feeling. It sounds like between the COPD, COVID, and a rule out bronchitis, you received appropriate treatment during your visit.
Although I would suggest that you check back with the hospital to determine the medication that you were given for treatment, I can tell you that a well known 'side effect' of steroid injections for breathing, is a burning sensation in one's private areas, as you described. To be absolutely certain, you may want to reach out to the emergency department staff who treated you and/or your discharge summary paperwork. The paperwork should tell you more details about the treatment you received.
What do you think?
How are you feeling now?
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)I had covid at the end of Sept. this year. Emergency room doctor gave me medicine to take for 5 days and one breathing treatment. t was Plavoid or similar name. I was not hospitalized.
I saw my pulmonary Dr. and he advised me to use my air concentrator at 4L 24 hours.
My concern is I am still trying to recover my energy level before covid when I used the air generator only if I was walking a long distance per Doctor. Also I still periodically cough up a light greenish/yellow mucus. Question is Does it take this long to recover from covid. I have had all shots necessary: flu covid. Anyone else experienced recovery after covid.Hi again, Zayr, and thanks for reaching out. Wow - you certainly have had quite a bit to contend with! Let me see if I can assist you by addressing your expressed concerns.
Typically, the name of the medication that is used to treat COVID is Paxlovid. Is that what you were given by the emergency department physician?
Since your pulmonologist suggested that you use the oxygen concentrator at a flow rate of 4 lpm throughout the day, that is what you should be doing. Remember, it can take a bit longer for COVID to resolve than other typical viruses. For that reason. when COVID is combined with a COPD diagnosis, returning to one's state of normalcy may require longer treatment times. This is sometimes referred to as long COVID. I thought you might gain some additional insight from this article which speaks to that aspect of these diseases: https://copd.net/clinical/flu-covid-rsv.
Remember too, that these types of viruses - COVID, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and the flu, affect everyone differently. This also may account for how you are feeling currently.
Try to be both patient with yourself, and kind to yourself. Even though it is understandable that a certain level of frustration and impatience may be there, I would hope that in time, you will do well.
What do you think?
Leon L (author/moderator)
Thank you for responding. Actually I am feeling pretty good. To get to this point when I have bronchitis takes about a week. So unless something crazy happens, the Covid has been easier than bronchitis. I am on Prednisone and an expectorant to ease the coughing. They also gave me Paxlovid but haven’t taken after researching bad side effects.
I will call ER and ask what they injected me with. I should get that next time I have bronchitis, lol.Hi again, Janeen, and thanks for your response and further explanation. I appreciate you sharing more about your recent medical situation and treatment here with the community.
I am so happy to hear you are 'feeling pretty' good. This is especially true since managing these disease concurrently (COPD. COVID, bronchitis), can be very complex.
Please do check back and keep us apprised of your progress. We have a genuine concern for your good health!
Warm regards,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
It is magnesium. I don't know if it's magnesium sulfate or what but if it is, it's already in the inhalers. It's just a different method which is more absorbing is all. Just like the liquid forms of albuterol for the nebby. They hafta do this with me every time I end up in the ER.
Hi there, I've read a few of the responses and replies. I am still recovering from COVID that I got sick with on September 23rd. I have stage 3-4 severe COPD. I am fully vaccinated, boosters and all, otherwise I don't think I would've survived. I'm on oxygen 24/7 and have been for 6 years.
After COVID, I have had a marked decline in my health in regards to my lungs. Things were tough enough before, but the COVID caused my mucus to be so thick and stuck in there so tightly that it's like cement in my lungs. At least for those first few hours after getting up.
I'm using my nebulizer 5+ times a day and have to turn my O2 up if I even walk to the kitchen and back. It is slowly getting better, but very slowly
I know some elderly people who had COVID a year ago and they are still coughing up goobers. They never smoked and don't have COPD. So, it can be a long recovery for some.
Sorry to say, I think this is kind of how it goes for some of us after COVID. I did read in an article about COVID recovery, that it can turn into pneumonia or bronchitis quite easily for people with lung issues.
I hope you are/and I am feeling much better soon!!Hi
, I've been following this conversation all along, since its inception back in August. We appreciate you jumping in and lending your own support and encouragement here. We also value you sharing your own personal experience managing all this with the community.
All your points are well taken. I did want to acknowledge your remarks about COVID, COPD, and the elderly as a grouping. Since the COVID pandemic began, doctors and scientists continue to learn more about it as the time goes by.
As you may be aware, there is a condition known as 'long COVID', which has become more noteworthy most recently. We actually have some material, published right here on COPD.net, which focuses on this aspect of COPD and COVID. It is authored by our own, @Janet Plank - I think you will find it makes worthwhile reading: https://copd.net/living/long-covid.
Please do check back and keep us apprised of your continued progress when you are able. We have a genuine concern for your good health!
Warm regards,
Leon L (author/moderator)
Thank you. I just noticed I replied to the wrong person. I will be sure to check out those links. I appreciate your assistance with relevant materials! I meant for my reply to go to you. If you're still interested, mine is the long winded reply to Janeen67 above. Hi again,
- it's not an issue - 'no harm, no foul', as the saying goes. I am glad you plan to check out the information regarding long COVID, anyway - it may be of help to you.
Plus, your clarification may helpto join in again, as well.
Regards,
Leon L (author/moderator)
