Singulair" Does anyone know

[juliva]

Can anyone tell me if Singulair is better at holding asthma down vs hayfever. My doctor put me on it for preventive seasonal treatment and my hayfever is really kicking up? This is a first time trying to use a preventive measure and I'm getting worried because I'm just now feeling recovered from my last hospitalization in May. I added a steroid nasal spray yesterday. I feel like I'm winging this because my new Doctor that treated me in the hospital died a month ago and I finally felt I had found a doctor with a plan and trusted him to keep me from getting so sick again. I only get the asthma when I get a lung infection so I haven't had much experience with it myself.  I am going to a new pulmonary doctor next month. I'm just wondering if I should be concerned if I'm experiencing hayfever with singulair I don't want my asthma to start? Anyone know???? Thanks.

[didi224]

Hello Bill103 and Juliva, I am curious to know if the Octacosanol recommended comes in the form of Wheat germ oil?   Juliva have you tried and did it help you?  I want to help my son with his asthma.  Thank you .  

[juliva]

Hey Bill103 Thanks! I'll do some research on that and give it a try I do try alternative methods in many areas of my health.

[bill103]

You will be pleased to know that there is a natural alternative for asthma symptoms no matter how severe they might be, and I' m talking a lasting cure with no side FX.
So find and take Octacosanol ASAP and say " so long " to your old nemisus and breathe again with ease, in 5 mins or less.

bill103  

[juliva]

I do use a peak flow meter and I've been staying good. My doctor that passed/drowned told me if I got into a certain range to call him but now I can't do that and I'm feeling fearful with this hayfever kicking up. This morning I feel a bit better after 3 days of the nasal spray. I have all the scripts he gave me but I'm not sure what his plan was. I know he wanted me to take the simbcort for seasonal prevention but I wasn't crazy about that and asked about the singulair and he agreed we could go that route.

I did everything right in May ran to my doctor and still ended up in the hospital. I just can't go through that again it was massive IV steroids and 3 different antibiotic's. I had to stay on strong inhalers for 3 months after. It shocked my body so bad I began losing my hair about a month ago. (Telogen Efflvium) I did this once before 3 years ago when I was first diagnosis with asthma and hospitalized. 80mgs of IV steroids every 8 hours I thought I was going to die! I can only hope I'm doing enough. Thanks!

[Tammy2009]

hmmmm Singulair is also an allergy medication (or suppose to be) but it may not be enough for you to control hayfever.  It affects a different part of the immune system than the typical antihistamines so some people it works better on, some it does not work as well.  From what I got out of the research results if that it does help allergic symptoms but not a huge amount, that is why it is an asthma medication that can also help allergies.

I would suggest getting a peak flow meter and keeping track of your values to see how much of a variation there is.  This will help to show you if the Singulair is controlling the asthma or if another medication would be a better choice.

The peak flow meter helps me a lot, they are times when I am stressed out and think I can't breathe and my peak flow has only dropped 10% so it would still be in the okay range.  If I ignored the numbers and took my inhaler, I won't feel much better and use it more and become more stressed.  When I can "see" that my breathing is fine, it lets me calm down and they helps the breathing more than ventolin.  

If you are not happy with how the Singulair is working, defintely ask your doctor what else you can try, remember you're the one taking the medication and has the disease!  Some times you know better than the doctors (be careful with that, old school doctors will get defensive!)