Hi,
Salbutamol is contrindicated in asthma. It is a long acting beta2 agonist that can be dangerous for asthmatics to take without an inhaled steroid. Also, they take too long to be effective which makes them useless as a resuce inhaler as you have been trying to use it.
I would recommend that you request further testing from you doctor. The methylcoline (sp?) challenge is the standard and definitive test for asthma. You are give puffs a methylcoline to try to induce an asthma attack.
For starters, I'd see your doctor and let them know you are having exercise induced asthma problems. May I ask what controller asthma meds are? (Inhaler & pills, aside from albuterol or levalbuterol.) Prednisone should be a last resort anymore. Leukotriene inhibitors such as montelukast (Singulair), and Advair (diskus or HFA inhaler) are better choices for controller medications. There's other options, too, I'm just mentioning the two I use.
My physician has prescribed both Advair 50/250 and Spiriva, along with Pro Air p4-6h prn and nebulizer treatment (Albuterol) q4-6h prn. I am still having problems breathing. Is it okay to take these all at the same time? Will there be any side effects?
I would call your Dr as it sounds like you need something like Albuterol but you don't use one because it triggers your SVT. As an asthmatic and somebody with SVT and atrial tachycardias, I use Advair daily and have an albuterol inhaler if needed. While the albuterol can cause some tachycardia, Albuterol doesn't stay in the system for all that long and I value my breathing more than my SVT most days.
-- Long QT syndrome is a genetic mutation in one of several ion channels in the heart muscle, which leads to prolonged QT and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation). This is a rare inherited disorder which most likely had affected other family members.
We determined that taking Mucinex expectorant was contributing to the tachycardia. I was put on the typical 6 pack of methlyprednisolone which helped a lot and was also restricted to no exercise or cold air for 2 weeks. I am currently only on Flovent and Flonase and they added 25 mg of Atenelol to lower my heart rate which was still occasionnally running in the high 80's and lower 90s after getting rid of Mucinex and taking prednisone. This treatment has been successful so far.
Xopenex® Inhalation Solution (levalbuterol) is a short acting inhaled medicine, a rescue medicine, with fewer side effects than similar medicines used for the relief of acute asthma symptoms. It is not a medicine well-suited for long term, sustained asthma control.
There are other classes of asthma medicines, called controller medicines and these do not have the same excitatory side effects.
s the thing...an infection can surely TRIGGER tachycardia, as can decongestants, caffeine and albuterol (a steroid inhalent). However, as I'm sure you are already realizing, it is not "normal" for someone to suddenly experience 4 days of prolonged and consistant tachycardia, even with these triggers. The greatest concern is that the infection has somehow affected the heart, which, if not treated, can be very dangerous.
That doctor took him off all the medications and he was fine with no adverse reactions but occasionly felt he need an albuterol inhaler. In Jan 2011 he developed a severe cold which aggravated his asthma and is now (Nov 11), and has since, been back on daily doses of Qvar, Claritin, and Rhinoqort. Again I will be taking him for a second opinion. My questions are: 1. What are the individula and/or combined side effects of taking these medications daily? 2.
I was then given Advair Diskus 250/50, after 2 1/2 months called the doctor because of using emergency inhaler Albuterol Sulfate 90mgc min 10 times a day.
Albuterol created a vocal cord problem. Now been put on Flovent Diskus 100mgc and continue the Albuterol. Question, do the Flovent and Advair have the fluticasone propionate ingredient in common? Tonight will be my 1st use of the Flovent.
Concerned that I may have a mitral valve problem plus the emphysema.
For instance, I have been diagnosed with inappropriate sinus tachycardia and then with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. When I have gotten nubain, at times benadryl, chlorepheneramine maleate, and even phenergan, they can cause an increase in my heart rate.
The textbook answer is "absolutely not". But my answer would be there is no significant harm in doing so. The problem with albuterol is that the cells become de-sensitized to the chemical, and suddenly it doesn't work at all. Sometimes a short "holiday" from albuterol will cause the cells to reset. You mom has what is sometimes called a "twitchy" lung. And it has to be de-sensitized. Often a single week or two of prednisone will do the job.
Inhaling nicotine from these e-cig devices would be as harmful as albuterol inhalers in fact e-cig might be safer than albuterol inhaler since albuterol frequently causes your lungs to internally bleed.
And the only reason our government wants to ban e-cigs is because they're not "tobacco products" and not subject to those extreme tax rates cigarettes receive. It's all about tax revenue, same reason all 'illegal' drugs remain illegal, no taxation.
Follow the money.
I have had pvcs for years but lately have been getting tachycardia that has gotten very annoying & disruptive. It's worse with any sexual arousal or activity for some reason, it feels my heart is going to race out of my chest sometimes if I even think about sex let alone have it. I've had echos, etc, all normal. The cardiologist put me on 50mg Metoprolol several months ago after a rather severe bout of sudden tachycardia.
Something that IS distinct from POTS, but similar in its manifestation of tachycardia would be the diagnosis of IST, inappropriate sinus tachycardia; however, as you say, your doctor used the word "postural" and IST is not postural. (That happens to be a defining feature of the tachycardia in POTS--the triggering by upright postures or "orthostatic stress.") As many on here will probably echo, a great place to turn for clarification is to dig up articles by Dr.
My doctor seems to think that it is more likely to be a string of PACs (supraventricular tachycardia) than a string of PVCs (non-sustained ventricular tachycardia), but either way she is not overly concerned.
I know that sustained supraventricular tachycardia is relatively common in otherwise healthy hearts, but that sustained ventricular tachycardia is very worrisome and can degenerate into VF.
There are different things that can cause bronchitis but no - When it comes to respiratory illness- Youll hear viral and bacterial thrown around- Viral (flu, cold) vs Bacterial. They can present differently. The major difference is that an antibiotic will only cure a bacterial infections. Antibiotics are not prescribed for viral infections. Most likely you will receive an albuterol inhaler for wheezing and be told to rest :) If symptoms persist I would revisit your physician.
I was wondering is supra ventricular tachycardia and sinus tachycardia the same? was told by cardiologist that in svt the heart rate is much way higher than sinus tachycardia and svt does start and stop suddenly where sinus tachy gradually slows down on itself,just life after exercise etc.
Also,In sinus tachycardia, the heart beats normally, and blood flow is not changed.
It should be supraventricular tachycardia because venricular tachycardia is really serious cardiac problem and usually develops in paitent with undelying cardiac disorder (ischemic or dialted cardiomyopathy etc) and it is unusual to be concious in Ventricular tahycardia. We usually sedate the patients with midazolam (short acting which cause retrograde amnesia) otherwise this procedure is not ethic or humanistic. this treatment is valid for supraventricular tachycardia.
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