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Old 03.12.2009, 12:02
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Re: Asthma

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There is no need for a bracelet with Asthma. All you need is your Ventolin or Simbicort. I prefer Simbicort, it's great as a preventative measure.
Symbicort has a long acting beta 2 agonist (fomoterol) and Budesonide which is a corticoid. THese are used as preventive for Asthma but are useless in an Asthma crisis, so you always need a rapid acting B2 agonist such as salbutamol (in Ventolin or Ventide) in such occassions.
I use Spiriva once a day and Seretide (like Symbicort) twice a day for preventing but carry Ventolin in my bag.
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