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What the best treatment for asthma
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.My homeopath tells me that the more you take drugs for asthma the more your body becomes reliant- and finally immune to them. I would cut out dairy, which can aggravate asthma, and see a homeopath. That way you are treating yourself without swapping one drug for another. I would also try to reduce the amount of times you use your inhaler VERY GRADUALLY to see if you really do need it as much as you think you do.
I have read about the use of drugs for asthma actually making things worse. Apparently they can make you even more sensitive to the allergens that bother you. I would also see a homeopath. I swear by it, i will use conventional but only as a last resort and so far i've not had see a dr since finding homeopathy. It completely cleared my son's eczema up. Totally, it went from weeping bloody itchy mess to the most gorgeous skin you'd ever see in about a month. My homeopath said then that it was lucky fom my son that i didn't use the usual steroids for it as there is talk that the use of steroids for infantile eczema is increasing the risk of asthma as steroids just supresses our immune system without actually sorting the problem out.
I also agree with the children not being exposed to much dirt idea. I try to avoid most cleaning products and try the vinegar and bicarb type options. In fact they seem to work better!
This combination is on paper no better than taking the two seperately, however as a single inhaler imporves compliance (helps you remmeber to take both at the right time every day) there is an overall improvement seen.
The drawback is that these inhalers are costly (up to �60 each)
Your next step may be to have a green long acting preventer inhaler prescribed twice daily to see whether that provides benefit, before being considered for the switch to the purple (SERETIDE) inhalers.