Asthma Medication: Toddler, Pulmicort
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Pulmicort
Asked by M.P. from Los Angeles
on September 19, 2008
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Hi Moms! My son has viral induced asthma...His allergist added pulmicort to his treatment plan. He said give to him after his albuterol treatment. I have not given it...
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- I've been giving my my son Xopenx and Pulmicort via a vaporizor as needed over the past 6 years when he is having breathing trouble (he doesn't have asthma but when s...
- You took the time to take your child to the doctor, and so your doctor is treating your child, the best way the doctor feels is best, lets say your child doesnt get an...
- pulmicort is a prevention med as apposed to the albuterol which is an emergency rescue med. every time someone has an asthma attack the lungs suffer some minor damage,...
Any Reactions to Xopenex or Pulmicort?
Asked by L. from Chicago
on February 13, 2008
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Has anyone's child use a nebulizer with Xopenex or Pulmicort and had any behavioral reactions? My 2 year old has been acting terrible lately and we have been using th...
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- I've heard similar stories that either of those to meds can cause kids to be more hyper, but haven't experience that personally. Hopefully, your little guy will ...
- same as the rest, have heard it can make you hyper. My son didn't react that way. But also, if he isn't breathing right, that would make you cranky too!!! perhaps he n...
- My 4 year old son has been using both medications since he was 18 months. We use Xopenex as a "rescue" medication (when he has a cold - which is his "trigger"). The Xo...
Is It Asthma?
Asked by R.R. from Pensacola
on March 8, 2007
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My 1 year old son has had a cough since the second week in January. He'll wake up in the middle of the night just hacking and chocking. He has a few fits during the da...
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- My three year old does the same thing and it's so bad that it makes him vomit in the middle of the night (about once every two weeks). I was researching the signs of ...
- Hi R., It sounds like it could be asthma, allergies or perhaps a reaction to something. My son, who is now 4, had allergies and eczema. About 6 months ago, I swit...
- I'm sorry to hear about your son. Have you tried a humidifier? That might be misspelled LOL..Maybe a duhumidifier? Not sure..I'm a single Mom well almost 12 weeks t...
Anyone Familiar with Pulmicort
Asked by M.B. from Detroit
on February 14, 2009
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Anyone familiar with a medicine called pulmicort? It is a preventitive asthma medication. I am told it is also for allergies. It has been prescribed by my pediatrician...
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- Hi M.! Whe I read this I HAD to respond!!! I have 3 kids-my 2 sons are 5 and 8 with TONS of allergies and asthma. Our ped. put them on pulmicort and albuteral throug...
- I have 2 children on poukmicort every day. One has your full blown aszema. The other has bronciltal azsema. They take singular every day and now two puffs a day on pul...
- Hi M., I understand your worries when I learned my son had to use it I was a little leary at first. He is 9 now but at the time he was 2. They wanted me to give it ...
Asthma
Asked by K.O. from Springfield
on January 22, 2010
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I have a almost 3 year old that was recently diagnosed with asthma. Whenever he gets a cold, he ends up having a dry cough all night long. We have done all the breat...
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- My son had the same problem. We had albuterol..then switched to Xopenex (same stuff but not hyper side effect). Those are "rescue" therapies made to open up his airw...
- sleep kinda sitting up may help a little
- The Singulaire idea is great, as well as putting in the air purifier in the bedroom(we have a hepa-filter air purifier). Our son had a chronic cough at night that was...
Asthma or Not?
Asked by J.G. from New York
on January 30, 2011
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Sorry, this is going to be long ....My 3 1/2 year old daughter has had respiratory problems since she was 1. Everytime she gets sick, it goes right to her chest. Bef...
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- ok my daughter is asthmatic and uses pulmicort. did the dr that gave you the pulmicort explain that it is a prevenative medication meant to be taken everyday and not j...
- Since most of the symptoms show up during the cold weather, have any of you thought to check your furnace filters? For those of you that have hot air heat, the filters...
- Have you taken her to a ENT? My son would get this yearly cough and they did a nose culture and was harboring a bacteria. It's worth a shot. Also, make sure she is ...
11 Month Old Prescribed Pulmicort
Asked by L.C. from Athens
on March 25, 2009
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My 11 month son who wheezes from time to time had a recheck on his ear infection today. Well he was wheezing today and the doctor prescribed Pulmicort to use in his n...
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- Hi! I just want to share that my daughter was diagnosed with asthma at eighteen months. by a very good pediatric pulminologist(lung specialist for children). If it w...
- Hey L., My 4 1/2 year old son was first started on Albuterol & Pulmicort when he was 13 months old for wheezing also. We've only used it as needed when he's had pers...
- I have used it with my 5 year old from time to time. He uses it with the albuterol. My 10 month old also had the exact same thing happen yesterday as your baby. He ...
Asthma
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on June 24, 2008
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My son is 17 months old and has been diagnosed with asthma. He was born 3 months premature so he has chronic lung disease, which makes it worse for him to have asthma...
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- Hi C., My neice had problems with asthma as an infant. Her doctor suggested they put her in swimming classes to strengthen her lungs. She started swimming lessons...
- My 19 month old son has asthma as well. And he was born full term and a great size.(8 pounds 1 oz)!! He had RSV when he was just about 2 months old and was air lifted ...
- My son's story is similar to many others that have responded. I am happy to tell you that at 3 1/2 years old he seems to have out grown it. We have the nebulizer store...
Asthma
Asked by M.M. from Los Angeles
on November 22, 2008
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hi
about a week and a half a go after i picked my daughter up from school, i noticed she was short of breath. we took her to the pediatrician severl times and urg...
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- Hi M., The first thing that comes to mind is why wasn't the PED able to identify this! That really disturbs me. My entire family has asthma and the first thing I th...
- Hi M.... I had asthma and allergies growing up and it wasn't fun. Although the air quality now is worse then when I was a kid. One thing that helped me out was doing s...
- M., My son was diagnosed with allergy induced asthma about one year ago, after he was sick consistently for four months with several ear infections and no sign of r...
Asthma???
Asked by A.M. from Minneapolis
on January 20, 2009
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Hi all,
My 20-month-old son has a cough that seems to creep back up every 2 weeks. So, he'll be healthy for about 2 weeks, then he'll develop a nasty cough. The cou...
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- If I were you I'd look into having him adjusted regularly by a wellness-based chiropractor. There are some really good ones in the metro area. My kids have never bee...
- My son has asthma. His started just before he turned one. He is a very active little boy and it doesn't slow him down a bit. When he gets a cold it turns into a ast...
- wWth asthma you need to know the signs & what your triggers are- It is very common to have asthma when having a bout with pneumonia. Don't worry- my son was dx'd with ...
