Adavair is a wonder drug despite the sometimes nasty affect of making asthma
attacks worse in a few people.  Didn't find singulair good for anything but,
making the drug companies rich, have heard different stories from some of my
families.  

Beth t. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> On Behalf Of ken barber
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: COPD
> 
> well i have been given an asthma med called singulair and a 
> "puffer" called advair. that is sorta like an inhaled powder 
> antiinflamatory i think mixed with something else. 
> 
> --- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > Ken,eUnna
> > 
> > I'm  so so sorry to hear this.  My mother had a form of 
> COPD as well 
> > as my sister's mother-in-law.  The good news is, with earlier 
> > diagnosis and new treatments, things are a lot better than 
> when my mum 
> > had it.
> > 
> > My mum was a smoker but the doctors said she'd most probably got it 
> > when she was exposed to lethal chemicals (asbestos being 
> one of them) 
> > when she worked for Technicolor back in the 1940s and early 50s.
> > But I also think anybody
> > can get it because we all have been exposed to toxic 
> chemicals at one 
> > time or other .
> > 
> > Anyway, please let us know how you get on.  I'd be very  
> interested in 
> > hearing about the trreatments the doctors put you on for this.
> > 
> > Kat
> > 
> > On Tuesday 11 December 2007 04:09 pm, ken barber
> > wrote:
> > > AFTER SEVERAL TEST I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
> > COPD.
> > > Normally this is associated with smoking. having
> > never
> > > been a smoker i wonder why i had to get this in addition to 
> > > everything else. asbestos maybe?
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