Illnesses: Preschooler, Pulmicort

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Anyone Familiar with Pulmicort

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 for my 6 year old who has allergies. I 've read some horror stories on the internet...kids displaying aggressive behavior, unruly, weight gain, discipline issues... So I am hoping I get some positive feedback here. He had pneumonia in both lungs and both ears were infected. He spent 6 days in St Johns. Well, after steriods, 3 different antibiotics, oxygen and breathing...

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Mentally Ill Father

To make a very long story short, the father of my 5 month old daughter has a...

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Albuturol or Pulmicort for Maintanece? I'm Confused.

My 3 year old son was diagnosed with allergy induced asthma. He has had a 4 day flare up with wheezing so I have been giving him Albuterol through a nebulizer every 4 hours. On day 4 his wheezing finally subsided. My allergist gave me pulmicort to use in conjuction with the albuterol. He also said to use one or two treatments per day for six weeks after an attack as maintenance. I am new to this so I am very confused. Do I use the pulmicort or the albuterol as the maintainece or do I mix the two together? That is another thing. The...