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My son, age 5 has used pulmacort for about two years. He also takes
singulair. The pulmacort is in powdered inhaled form - same isssues as
above - cannot literally see the medicine going in, but the doctor can
prescribe a purple "tester" that you can use to test the child's ability to
inhale strongly enough to get the proper dose in. I have him use the tester
about once a month to be sure he still has the technique - it whistles if
he uses it correctly. Pulmacort is a steroid inhaler  that I guess works
for children but has not been successful for adults. Anyone else out there
using pulmacort?

Barbara L. Drotos, LICSW
Casey Family Services
105 Loudon Road, Bldg. 2
Concord, NH 03301
1-800-417-7375

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Using the diskus isn't hard- it is the same as the MDIs. In fact we find
that
it is much more difficult to tell if the medicine has been released.  I was
used to seeing/hearing the delivery of the medicine (for my son). NO MORE!
You
can't see or hear the delivery.  He also says that you cant't FEEL the
medicine go in (the particles are much finer- he is 15 and has been using
inhalers
since age 4-he ought to know!).  That bothers me and I have complained to
the
manufacturers about this (along with lots of other parents).  The up side-
no
more coughing at the time of medication delivery....

I know we need our ozone- but children need to breathe too.....

We just got tripped up by an OTC rantadine- been lactose free for at least
2
years-last bottle made him throw up- NEW FORMULA! ARGH!  I didn;t check the
label-neither did he-but as soon as he vomited we BOTH did. Fortunatly he
is not
anaphalactic.

Good luck with school-
 Stefanie