Albuterol - Asthma Message Board

roy66 · 01-21-2003, 04:27 PM

Has anyone ever heard of becoming immune to albuerol?I heard somewhere that if you used the same kind for a long time you could become immune.I also heard if you used it (the spray) in combination with the nebulizer that you would also become immune?I remember hearing that you should change from one brand to another if you use it for a long time.

wrin · 01-22-2003, 07:48 AM

Long-term chronic use of it (IE every day) could render you tolerant to its effects. But there are other reasons that it might not be working as well -- like an increased inflammation, so that question out-and-out is a question not even a pharmacology teacher would answer definitively, since it's loaded and depends on your interpretation of the reason for developing tolerance... and the patient's underlying background.

(I know, because I asked too.)

roy66 · 01-22-2003, 03:43 PM

I found out i have a water leak under my house.It has been leaking since before I moved in.DO you think it could be mold growing under there (in north carolina)that is giving me trouble?I tested positive for mold on my recent allergy test but it wasnt that high according to the dr.The main one was cats and dust mites.I don't have a cat and I took all the precautions against dust mites(allergy covers for pillows and mattress, dehumidifire, Hepa vaccum).We also have mold in the bathroom.My girlfreind has cleaned it every night but I'm waiting on the leak under the house.DO you know anything about mold causing infections?ALso , I drive a truck for a living and i seem to be smelling exhaust allot lately.But it has never bothered me before.(I've been here 6 months)

wrin · 01-22-2003, 08:37 PM

allergies can get so bad they feel like infections. Bronchitis is a perfect example -- you can get bronchitis from allergies, even though most people think it has to be caused by an infection. It's just super-bad inflammation. And I get it from snow-mould every late march.

Yes, yes yes, whether mould is incredibly high or not, living with the stuff is enough to make you sick all the time.

musonius · 01-24-2003, 09:50 PM

I've been taking albuterol for about 12 years (now I'm almost 15), and it continues to work for asthma. About 9 years after I started, however, it started to get me extremely jittery - though it helped the chest, the jitteriness would only inflame it again. The most recent bad experience like that was at a sleepover when I took one puff too many and almost had a hallucination. Since then the bad effect has completely stopped. It seems to occur randomly. My mom got asthma after a bad case of bronchitis and her albuterol made her uncomfortably jittery almost immediately.

She has since switched to Advair, which she says works miraculously better.

I have started taking my Albuterol preventatively rather than waiting for emergencies, and make sure to breath very deeply.

Both work well, though my mom's better.

[This message has been edited by musonius (edited 01-24-2003).]