Advair or Albuterol? I'm new to asthma,I have tightness

[Red 7]

in the chest? I have never taken the advair but I have it, I take qvar daily.I had read the disclosure for advair and it sounded so extreme! I was scared to take it.Usually I take albuterol when I am sick which I have a cold right now, before i went to an allergist who gave me the advair,Is advair treatment or preventative or both? Which one should i take? This is all so confusing, I need to go see the allergist again,ok thanks

[Reina de Trebol]

Take the albuterol first wait about five minutes and then take the advair.

[kristine v]

My son takes both, he takes advair as a preventative, once in the morning, and once before bed. He takes albuterol as needed sometimes before going outside or at the onset of an attack. He was once on 6 different meds per day. Now that they have made advair for him, it is all he takes. I'm not a doctor but just from personal experience advair is the med for him. (it also has a time released steroid, which is what helps to keep his airways open, before he would be on an oral steroid, which was terrible!!) Good Luck and Take Care!

[Aseleener]

Advair is a preventative, meant to be taken everyday. Albuterol is to be used as needed. Ideally, if you're on a preventative like Advair, you won't need your albuterol as much.I have never taken Advair. I've been on Singulair for almost 3 years now. It's a pill you take once a day (instead of inhaling like Advair.) It really helps me alot. If I take it regularly, I don't have to use my inhaler very much at all (except during allergy season or if someone is smoking near me.)

[riddle_me_this]

Learn the Buteyko method. It takes time and effort. Only worth trying if you are committed and really want to be asthma free.