I’m 72 and started having to use inhalers about a year ago. I’m a Marine Corps vet who served in ‘68-‘70.

I get them through the V.A. I have to use them maybe twice a day but they have been a godsend. I’ve never been checked for COPD but I probably have it. So far the inhalers have been working fine.

Anyone else using them?

Ruthie has asthma and uses this as a "rescue inhaler".

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First, thank you for your service. I appreciate it!!!
Yes I use albuteral (spelling) and it’s okay. IMO it is better than nothing. I asked doctor hart, burns and belcher if there is something better and he gave me a sample of Dulara (again, spelling) and I believe it helped out nice. BUT , the insurance company of Dewey, cheatem and Howe does not cover this med.
I have asthma. The dr said mild but if it’s mild I sure would hate to experience a bad case. In the summertime if I’m outside I get dizzy when talking.

Yup. Have had to deal with asthma off and on for most of my life. Have also dealt with pneumonia and bronchitis. This past year I've been diagnosed with asthma, emphysema, COPD, and multiple allergies.

My lungs and I don't get along.

Currently using an albuterol rescue inhaler, but don't have to use it too often. Maybe 2-3 times/week, if that. Also use a nebulizer from time to time. FWIW, I find the nebulizer gives better, longer-lasting relief than my albuterol inhaler, though not quite as fast acting. And I use Advair twice/day. It's used more as a preventative measure, and I think it's the main reason I don't have to use my rescue inhaler or nebulizer as much as I used to. May want to ask your doctor about that.

I had one for a month. I was having some vertigo issues that were ear related. I used the inhaler in the morning to try to clear the tubes from my throat to my ear. It seems to have worked, as I am not having the vertigo problem now.

Yes, I have asthma. Use albuterol and Advair.

Saw my blue-gray inhaler Ventolin on an ep. of, Sea Patrol, an Australian Show on YouTube

People on TV seldom use inhalers right. Like they hang up phones too quick, while still speaking.

My Doc put me on the ProAir inhaler as needed for my mild COPD. Seems to help some. Probably be better if I quit smoking too, but that's the only bad habit I have left!!! (except my addiction to guns...HAHA)

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Stupid woman!!! Everyone knows you squirt it into your ears right??

I use the ProAir (Albuterol Sulfate) rescue inhaler. I probably only use it 6 or 7 times a week.

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I use various ones, especially when sick with some respiratory thing. Right now on a daily basis I use nasal sprays and for the first time in my life, they seem to be helping rather than feeding infections.

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Reading these comments, you guys are lucky. I have advanced COPD and use an assortment of them every day, besides being on oxygen 24/7. Ventolin every 4 hours, Symbacort twice daily, and Spirva once daily. Or I was until the Pharmacist at Walgreens told me about a couple of generics that cost very little.
- Budesonide-Formoterol by AstraZeneca in place of the expensive Ventolin.
- Albuterol Sulfate by Prasco in place of Symbacort.
Identical to the name brands and saves me $40 a month on each.
I hope this may be of benefit to some of you.

I use my symbicort when i feel my chest get a little tight. doc tells me to use in morning. I use my Albuterol when needed when I cant breath it works well. If i take a trip up to the big city I always have one in my car or in my pocket.

Albuterol and Ventelin not sure of correct spelling. One is a regular daily use inhaler and one is a rescue inhaler to be used in emergencies. Not noting an increase in my breathing right now. Been having problems with my right knee and got the cortisone shot and muscle relaxer. Lay in bed and the knee is throbbing. Using a cane in getting around the house. Frank

I am less than a month away from turning seventy. I have COPD, I have been packing an Albuterol rescue inhaler for around ten years. My doctor recently prescribed a Symbicort inhaler to be used twice per day.

My wife notices well before I do that I need to us the Albuterol inhaler, I wheeze.

I served twenty years in the U. S. Coast Guard, operations, and then worked twenty five years for Washington state in an office setting. I don't know what caused the COPD.

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COPD and Symbicort here.

50 years of asthma problems, currently on Advair for daily use and Albuterol as a rescue inhaler.

I am not laughing at all at your health issues. But, that being said ... your names for your doctor and insurance company are hilarious! Sincerely. bruce.

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FWIW, my doctor and pulmonologist are at a loss to explain my emphysema. I've never smoked. I grew up in an area with bad air quality, but I haven't lived there for over 20 years. They even tested me for a genetic marker that predisposes one to emphysema, and that was negative.

Fortunately, my emphysema/COPD is relatively mild. My asthma is the main culprit in my respiratory problems.

Emphysema and COPD together. Symbicort twice a day and Proventil which is Albuterol Sulfate as needed. Most days it is a struggle for me to walk across the house without panting/gasping for breath however cool weather is much better than warm and humid.

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My son uses an inhaler for athletically-induced asthma. No kidding.

I believe Proventil and Ventolin are brand names of generic Albuterol. Generic saves money.

Ventolin is the brand name for albuterol. My wife has used Ventolin for a long time and a generic equivalent recently became available, namely the ProAir albuterol inhaler. That's what I use and I save $50 a month on my prescriptions through Tricare.

I was a respiratory therapist for four years. Very few people use their inhalers properly. You are not supposed to put it in your mouth and spray it or spray it and then inhale. All this does is spray the back of your throat. You should position the inhaler about a half an inch from your lips. Exhale until you have emptied your lungs. Begin to take a deep rapid breath. A moment after beginning the inhalation, press the inhaler. You breath should already be entering your mouth and lungs when the medicine is delivered. Why? The air you are inhaling then carries the medicine into your lungs rather than just coating your mouth and the back of your throat. After finishing the inhalation, hold your breath for a few moments to allow the medicine to settle in the lungs. Take a couple breaths and repeat for the second dose.

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Whew! I'm doing it right.

Ask your doc or asthma clinic about using aN EXTENDER TUBE BETWEEN THE INHALER AND YOUR MOUTH.

The clear plastic tube makes it easier to inhale the albuterol.

MANY so-called health pros don't even know how to use an inhaler. I KNOW this from experience. And one hospital I know won't even let nurses or aides administer an inhaler; they have to send for a respiratory therapist, who may be far off and too late to save in event of a severe attack.

Actually, pretty common.

Yup. That's how mine started in childhood, though in my case it was called "exercise-induced asthma."

I’m sure that’s how it’s written in his chart. For him, running poles for baseball practice in February triggered it. Still kicks in when he runs a lot. So the inhaler gets used as a preventative when needed.

I’m glad I could provide a smile. Proper credit is now due. The names were on different episodes of some very famous philosophers information programs.
Moe Howard
Larry Fine
Curly Howard

Interesting. I’ve been doing it the way the instructions that come with the inhalers that advise to wrap your lips around the end piece and take a deep breath and spray and it works fine for me. I’ll try it your way and see if it makes a difference.

By the way, those long plastic tubes that come with some inhalers have been a bust in my experience. It seems like some of the spray sticks to the tube and you’re not getting a full dose.

This is an update to my own post; today my Pulmono,logist started me on a new one called Breztri is is supposed to contain the same thing as Symbicort plus an added ingredient as a bronchial dialator, i.e. should be better I will keep you updated after I use for about a week and asses it.

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Yes. My niece is a 'snot jockey' (respiratory therapist) and coached me to get it right when I started using inhalers several years ago.

Bronchitis tamed by Teva-Salbutamol HFA

I am 66 and have had two different/unrelated ling diseases. The first from exposure to isocyanates in automotive paint, the second is a rare one, less than a 1,000 cases in U.S
I doctor at National Jewish in Denver or I did..I am in complete remission now.

I have taken Advair, Flow Vent, Combivent, Atrivent, and a few more I can't recall the names of. Now only take Albuterol and that rarely, maybe a couple times a month. Flonase for messed up sinuses and lots of nasal washes.

I agree with taking inhalers with a tube extender. Otherwise it goes into the skin in your mouth instead of going down your bronchial tubes.

The worst was the massive amounts of.steroids. they will totally mess you up.