Four and 1/2 wks. ago i was told i had bronchiol asthma and put on the antibiotic z-pak and 10 days of predisone. I went back to my dr. because i wasn't any better and he put me on amox. and 10 days of predisone and I was also put on combivent. Again I went back and he gave me a shot of predisone and put had me on duoneb (combivent) for my nebulizer, 4 x's a day. When it's time to do my next treatment, I am ready,wheezing and coughing(I can set my clock by it.) Inbetween treatments, I feel a little better. After 4 and 1/2 wks. and all the meds. I have been on shouldn't I be better and not need the nebulizer as much? The worse is the coughing fits I get into, sometimes I feel like I'm choking, and than I feel like I did 4 1/2 wks. ago. The cough isn't very productve but sometimes I cough up white, thick sputum. Also when I took my daughter in for a flu shot and got in a coughing fit there her dr. said I sounded like I had pertusis. Is it normal for the cough to last that long with bronchitis? I had bronchitis a lot in the past but it always go better after the predisone and antibiotic. I know I should go back to my dr., but than I second quess myself and think I should give it time, especialy since I been there 3 times in the 4 1/2 wks. Although my dr. did call me after the 3rd. visit to see how I was doing because he was concerned with how I sounded. One last thing, my x-ray was normal. Thank you for any answers of advice. Gigles