Anyone use Budesonide inhalation with good results?

Posted by noisylungs31 @noisylungs31, Nov 13 10:15am

Diagnosed with asthma in 2019. Have been using inhalation saline 3% and cromolyn sodium with some success to relieve mucus buildup, coughing, and wheezing. Now the good effects appear to have worn off. I am severely sensitive to steroids and resort to Flovent only when wheezing gets so noisy, it keeps me awake. Lately, I wake up around 5 am congested, with breathing difficulty. I get up and sit upright. Seems like my meds inhaled before bedtime have worn off.
I wondered if Budesonide might help. I have some on hand to use.
Anybody here use it with good results?

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@ricktweld Did you sign up for their discount program? We pay nothing for Dupixent. My daughter has done well on it for several months & I am dying to know if it helps prevent bacterial infections (the reason the Dr had her switch). She is a college athlete & picked up every virus last year making her really sick for several months. Dr. swears it will help. I tried one shot and got super inflamed with bad headaches also so I didn’t continue. But I have a neck injury & think I am atypical.

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@jwool89 i,m on medicare, so I don’t think those discounts and or grants apply to me.

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@jwool89 i,m on medicare, so I don’t think those discounts and or grants apply to me.

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That's correct. Most discounts from Pharma manufacturer aren't available to persons with insurance.

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@jwool89 Budesonide is an inhaled corticosteroid.If you are sensitive, pleas call your doctor before trying it.

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@sueinmn I have asthma with no wheezing but a bad cough. I have COPD, sob, emphysema and bronchiectasis and possible Mac. I have been on trelegy for years. I'm usually on prednisone 2 to 3 times a year, which is really starting to have some pretty bad side effects, high sugar, high blood pressure, terrible headaches. I just got switched to Breztri which does nothing for me. Went back on Trelegy
I neb levabuterol, sometimes budesonide and 3% saline. I have a constant nonproductive cough.
I am at my wits end.
Not long ago, I had a very severe reaction to someone cooking a lot of garlic. ( I cannot eat it.)
I am sensitive to all scents, smoke, exhaust, etc.

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@sueinmn I have asthma with no wheezing but a bad cough. I have COPD, sob, emphysema and bronchiectasis and possible Mac. I have been on trelegy for years. I'm usually on prednisone 2 to 3 times a year, which is really starting to have some pretty bad side effects, high sugar, high blood pressure, terrible headaches. I just got switched to Breztri which does nothing for me. Went back on Trelegy
I neb levabuterol, sometimes budesonide and 3% saline. I have a constant nonproductive cough.
I am at my wits end.
Not long ago, I had a very severe reaction to someone cooking a lot of garlic. ( I cannot eat it.)
I am sensitive to all scents, smoke, exhaust, etc.

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@km6 Wow, I would be feeling overwhelmed as well. Are you being seen at a lung specialty center? They are accustomed to treating complex cases in a way that a general pulmonologist is not. Here are lists of the centers identified so far:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/the-bronchiectasis-care-center-network-33-centers/
And an additional list just released yesterday:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-bronchiectasis-centers-announced/

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