Asthma

Hopefully these inhalers will bring it under control now,

Im usually better on the longer slower runs anyhow.

It's been my worst year so far - I'm now 36 and have had this on and off since about 18. Usually it's a week or two and this is the first time I've had to go back for stronger drugs since about 1994. Seems to be under control now and I just stop if I get a cold or cough as that is a killer. Keep running and try not to get down my friend!

Cheers Downsman

Just did a miserable 2.5 miles indoors on a treadmill. Had inhaler (blue) before hand. Got to about 19minutes and failed miserably. It took about 2 hours to fully recover my breathing.

I have been to the doctors today and demanded (politely of course) a chest x ray.

Am I getting paranoid????
am I thinking about it to much before a run and its happening due to that??

Anyho heres to tommorow

It can take a while before you get the right medication for your chest. Can take a fair amount of trial and error. Serevent is a long acting bronchodilator which works on the theory of keeping airways open for a longer period approx 12 hours.

The usual pathway for prescription of asthma medication goes something like this:

Step one:

Short acting bronchodilator (beta 2) (Salbutamol, Ventolin)

Step two:

Short acting beta 2 + Corticosteroid (beclamethasone, becotide)

Step 3:

Separate Long acting beta 2 (eg serevent, formterol) with or without corticosteroid as above

Separate long acting beta 2 and other corticosteroid (e.g. budesonide, fluticason, mometasone, ciclesonide)

Combined long acting beta 2 and Corticosteroid (eg symbicort, seretide)

Step 4:

As for step 3 but using phylines

This isn't by any means definitive but it is the usual kind of pathway. Strangely enough it works in cost order I wonder why that is. Hope you do manage to get it sorted.

i suffered last night at training as I forgot to take my inhaler yesterday oops

NotOnUrHelly do you keep a peak flow diary they can be a usful diagnostic indicator. If you take peak flow pre and post exercise over a period of time you can usually see whether medication is working effectively. What should happen is peak flow should remain stable or increase post exercise. What you will probably find is there is a drop post exercise which shows you are going into exercise induced bronchospasm.

Detritus,

Im thinking from what you write that I am at stage 3.

Im using

Green Seretide, Brown also (2nd week)

Then Blue when required (quite a lot at the moment)

I do not take peak flow test regularly, Im probably going to go and get my hands on a device and add it to my readings to my brief/empty running diary.

Thanks for your advice, like you say it may take a while for the meds to start acting.

Its only kicking off when I provoke it, Im fine sleeping and going about my day to day life just fine.

I have noticed since I started taking the green, I wheeze slightly for about 10minutes afterwards. Also my tongue feels really fat especially the morning after taking the green before bed.

The doctor listened to my breathnig last night and noted there is some wheezing on my lungs. I have chest X ray tommorow

Thanks
Jamie

After you take your meds make sure you rinse your mouth and spit after might help your tongue a bit

Will do cheers for that, guess you've had the fat tongue feeling then

nay to the fat tongue bit but its advise you should be given as some of the medications are known to give oral thrush if you don't and a hoarse voice and possibly a fat tongue too.

Thrush - Oh Great:p

Feel a bit of a winge bag venting my frustrations on this forum, but for every daft rambling or worry im adding. There are many helpful replies from you guys. That will prove beneficial to others further down the road.

Im gonna crack this thing, thanks for your advice on everything.

Jamie