<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Peter Warren: >>If this relationship exists, then maybe I do not need to treat the asthma symptoms. I am not a big fan of pharmaceutical drugs and avoid them unless necessary. If a GF diet is sufficient to treat this problem, I will stick with the diet and bag the drugs. I would appreciate any response to this theory from folks who have had this kind of experience or from those who know something about the cd/asthma link. Thanks.<< I am a mild, chronic asthmatic and also have CD. I have been on a GF diet for 18 years, and have always required drugs to control my asthma symptoms. If there indeed is a link between CD and asthma, unless you have EXTREMELY mild asthma symptoms, you will probably need help, even if you are on a strict GF diet. Since there are so many types of asthma (mine is allergy- and exercise-induced), some types might benefit from a GF diet, while other types have different triggers, and would therefore require drug control. I would hesitate before completely dropping the asthma drugs; asthma can kill if you don't have emergency rescue drugs available. I presently use an albuterol inhaler to control attacks; I generally use it once a day as symptoms demand, but I can go without for stretches that last a few weeks if conditions are right. Better living through chemistry! ;) -Patrick Rowley Orange, California