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Hello Nextasy, nice to meet you, wish it was under better circumstance!
I would have to agree with your doctor in that quitting smoking would help reduce the
damaged that smoking did to your lungs. (this is just my opinion as I'm not a doctor)
However, has your doctor mentioned Chantix. Chantix is a new medication used in the U.S.A.
to help stop smoking, but you also have to want to stop as well. Anyways its something you
can bring up with the doctor at your next appointment!
Have you tried:www.yourlunghealth.org
or www.medhelp.com
these are good website with lots of information and you can ask doctors questions
at both these sites, that's what makes them so nice, but think carefully on what you wanna ask.
Cause you might only be able to ask one question...
Someone might come along to help give you more information soon.
I have asthma and pretty much had it all my life, and I've been on all kinds of inhalers..
but not the one you mentioned. with most inhalers you might need a spacer device, read the
instructions that came with it, you might also need to rinse it out. With inhalers you must get
used to rinsing your mouth after using your inhaler to avoid throat infection. I gargle with water
after using my inhaler.
Sure hope this helps,
Good luck to you and lots of soft hugz........

NEVER LEAVE YOUR DOCTORS OFFICE WITHOUT THEM ANSWERING ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS!!!
Many people are intimidated by Dr.'s and don't ask questions, or feel they are taking up too much time and don't want to inconvience them...Hogwash!! Diagnosis, treatment and patient education are what you pay them for and if you have a Dr. who is unwilling to provide all of these services without making you feel uncomfortable you need to change Dr.'s. They should also have given you all information with regards to side effects of any medication they have prescribed. I am not familiar with the med's you have listed but am concerned (due to you spelling error comment) that one of them may be Serevent. You need to fully understand this drug and how to take it. This drug has been "black boxed" by the FDA for some time. It is still prescribed but it is my understanding that it must be taken with an inhaled steriod. I have taken this drug for years and continued taking it even after the black box until recently without problem but I had been fully informed and discussed this issue with my Dr. at length. I only recently switched to Symbicort, to replace Serevent and Pulmocort (an inhaled steriod). This switch was not made because of a problem with Serevent but just to try something else to see how it worked. By the way Symbicort has a similar drug in it combined with an inhaled steriod. Please contact your Dr. to discuss all of your medications until you are completely confortable with the medications you are taking.