The optimal amount of medication is whatever your doctor prescribes for you. If you continue to have symptoms such as difficulty breathing or wheezing, then you need to call your doctor right away or go to the ER. Most patients who come into the ER, arrive in bad condition. Don't wait to seek help if your Rescue Inhaler (Albuterol) doesn't seem to be helping you. Coming in to the ER early can help insure that you don't end up on a ventilator. When your airway suffers bronchospasm it makes it very difficult for you to be able to inhale deeply enough for your medication to help you. As stated by Dr. Hayes, speak to your doctor about other additions to Albuterol that may help you. And, ask to speak to an Asthma Education specialist (usually a respiratory therapist) to find out more about how to take control of your asthma.

Bronchospasm is the symptom- the cause is inflammation. Inhaled steroid use is critical to control the cause of the asthma. If you go to my website LUNGLORD.COM and scroll down on the home page there is an article on combination drugs that is easy to understand. If you would like to read novels about those with lung disease and those who treat them, poke around the site and you can learn about the series of pulmonary based novels that will be instructive for you. Offered starting November. but the site is up and working. and you can see what it is about