Abrupt Medication Changes Due To Big Pharma's Greed...So - I, along with many, many other Americans, can no longer get Symbicort inhalers, due to the fact that big pharma, in cooperation with Medicare and...Reactions 0 reactions Comments9 repliesTreatment
NIV and oxygen at home...She has only ever had to have inhalers for it. The hospital are now saying that when she is charged she will require oxygen and a NIV at home?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments12 replies
I Got My New NIV Machine!...It feels good, and it is totally amazing how it literally anticipated every inhale so that it is exactly synchronizing with me....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesBreathing
GERD and Hiatus Hernia...I am on Nexium now and it has settled down substantially and also am different inhalers which seem to be doing a better job....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Has anyone heard of pneumonitis, which is very similar to COPD?...The standard bronchodilators and inhalers only had little effect... I guess they are more for COPD....Reactions 0 reactions Comments19 repliesNewly DiagnosedTreatmentSymptoms
Are my symptoms actually caused by anxiety?...This morning is even scarier as I'm short of breath, I'm wheezing, and my full inhale is rather shallow....Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 replies
Just told I have restrictive lung disease, told I have chronic bronchitis???...Advair just switched to inhaled steroid due to interactions with heart med. Other than that NO treatment plan for Pulmonary Hypertension....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
PFT low MIP...Hi, I saw a pulmonologist due to inability to inhale fully like before. MIP was 34 and MEP was 80....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesBreathingDiagnosis
Preparedness for storm situations....I have albuterol inhalers that help so as far as being ready I am as ready as I can be....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
new-drugs-aim-disarm-immune-system-s-atomic-bomb-cells...In trials for COPD and other lung disorders, Sapey notes, patients inhaled the compounds....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 replies
Travelling with COPD...I had been managing it with Ventolin and Ellipta inhalers and doing pretty well until recently....Reactions 0 reactions Comments7 repliesTravelTips & AdviceProgression
Nana has progressive COPD...She takes regular inhalers and carbocisteine....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 repliesEmphysemaTreatmentFlares
Caring for mom...She is on inhalers, nebulizer treatments, and 2L of oxygen around the clock....Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesBreathingTips & AdviceCoping
Possible build-up in throat...So now I have gone to all nebulized medications, and largely because I just could not afford those inhalers....Reactions 0 reactions Comments5 replies
Looking for pre-diagnosis insights....Is it a big deal that 50 inhalers in a day did not resolve the bronchospasm? Is needing magnesium IV some kind of warning?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments14 repliesDiagnosis
Confused and a little scared...I was told by my GP that im showing signs of very mild COPD, He didn't say "Hey you have copd" but he did put me on a couple Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
prognosis??...She has got inhalers but I have never seen use one. Just wondering what her prognosis would be?...Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Nano-silica exposures...I have read an Australian government report explaining that contents of sprays like these join with environmental dust around the workplace; inhaled throughout...Reactions 0 reactions Comments7 repliesWork & Employment
Repeated flare ups...It doesn’t respond to inhalers or nebulisers and I can’t cough anything up until the day the restriction suddenly eases then I cough up loads of phlegm...Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 repliesBreathingChronic BronchitisCoping
Mornings and rehab...So last month I went to the Dr to discuss my inhalers and treatment, she pulls up my test and says, oh, it says mild copd, at the end...Reactions 0 reactions Comments12 replies