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my pharmacist says I shouldn't be using flovent but ventolin.  When I told my Dr. I was very wheezy in the a.m. and at night.....he increased my flovent to b.i.d.   who am I supposed to believe?????  Also, why not...I think it's called Alovaire/
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Hello and hope you are doing well.

Understand your predicament. Flovent inhaler contains steroids and is given to prevent an attack of asthma. Ventolin inhalers contain the active ingredient salbutamol, which is a type of medicine known as a short-acting beta 2 agonist. This is given when a person actually has an attack of Asthma, and is referred to as an ‘escape inhaler’. It would be good to have it with you, handy to use it when you need it. Please discuss this with your doctor am sure he will provide further assistance.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
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didn't get any answer to my question regarding...flovent vs ventolin???
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