Conventional Medication
Therapies for Asthma:
 | Bronchodilators open the airways easing breathing.
Side effects: nervousness, increased heart rate, tremors, increase blood
pressure, dizziness
 | albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin)
|
| isoetharine (Bronkometer, Bronkosol)
|
| isoproterenol (Isuprel)
|
| metoproterenol (Alupent)
|
| terbutaline (Brethaire, Brethine, Bricanyl)
|
|
| Corticosteroids for chronic asthma, decrease swelling
and inflammation of the airways
Side effects: decrease immune system efficiency, increase risk of oral yeast
infection
|
| Antimediators prevent acute attacks by stabilizing
cells that are part of the biochemical reactions leading to an attack. They are slightly
altered, patented forms of bioflavonoids that are used in nutritional therapy.
mast sell stabilizers
| cromolyn sodium (Intal, Nasalcrom)
|
| nedocomyl sodium (Tilade)
|
leukotriene receptor antagonists
| montelukast (Singulair)
|
| zafirlukust (Accolate)
|
|
| Theophyline
Side effects: restlessness, insomnia, headache, loss of appetite, increase
heart rate, dizziness, nausea, vomiting
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|
Coping with
Prednisone(*and Other Cortisone Related Medicines)
Julie Ingelfinger / Hard-cover Textbook / 176
pages / 1997
Item Number - 488459
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Prednisone has been dubbed a "wonder
drug" because of its effectiveness in treating everything from asthma and rheumatoid
arthritis to kidney disease and organ transplants; however, long-term use may cause side
effects such as bloating, weight gain, and depression. Zukerman, a renowned flutist and
arts correspondent for CBS's Sunday Morning, discovered prednisone's down sides when she
took it to treat a rare lung disease. With her sister, a physician at Massachusetts
General Hospital, Zukerman has written an empathetic, easy-to-understand, and factually
accurate guide that offers suggestions, recipes, and exercises for relieving the drug's
unpleasantness. She includes additional information about the chemistry, preparations,
dosage, and a bibliography about the medication. Despite a few generalizations (rheumatoid
arthritis is serious but not life-threatening), this work is recommended for consumer
health collections, although readers taking the drug will want to buy their own copies |
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