A Medication CAUSING asthma? - Asthma Message Board

Vanessa74 · 01-13-2008, 04:48 PM

Has anyone ever heard of a medication causing someone to develop asthma?

I am on a Beta Blocker (for HBP) - Toprol -- and I was reading where it should not be given to someone that has asthma - I was diagnosed with mild asthma around the same time that I was started on the Toprol --

Can a beta blocker CAUSE an otherwise health person to GET asthma - or would it just exacerbate it if you already had asthma?

Thank you so much for any help you can give me - I am scared....

Thanks

gcsjr · 01-14-2008, 05:05 AM

Beta blockers don't CAUSE asthma but they (and several other medications) can increase asthma symptoms in people who already have asthma.

Vanessa74 · 01-14-2008, 10:10 AM

Thank you so much for your response - that was exactly what I needed to know.

God bless.