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Coughing At Night and Allergy Medications

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Yes, that’s exactly what I was trying to do. I never had asthma, but my pfts at the beg of the year showed I did “better” with albuterol. no one ever said asthma, but this summer , I just started with increased sputum and coughing, so pulmonologist said to start taking albuterol “as prescribed “. The label said when “wheezing”. I defined it as “spasmatic coughing”. but have been using it every 4-6 hours with good results (less spasmatic.). She mentioned a long acting, so will do this for a couple of weeks and change up.
Definitely moved from a “person with a manageable chronic illness” to a “sick” person this summer. Hope to find my way back to the first thing again. I still have a few more tests to run in september to rule out stuff (CT and EgD).
thanks for listening.

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I totally get "...Definitely moved from a “person with a manageable chronic illness” to a “sick” person this summer. Hope to find my way back to the first thing again..." I've walked that road a number of times over the past 20 years.
I was just chatting with some of the guys on the neuropathy group about balance and falling - it is becoming part of my "new normal" and I'm trying to learn to slow down before something really bad happens.
And when I realized I had to go back to daily saline nebs, and simultaneously my small nebulizer began to die, it coincided with a windfall. With my husband's urging, I "treated" myself to the pricy Pari eRapid nebulizer (which my insurance won't pay for) and am so far delighted with it. I just wrote about it here:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/looking-for-a-decent-portable-nebulizer/?pg=4#comment-1358735