Weakened immune system caused by albuterol?!


Question: Weakened immune system caused by albuterol?
I have asthma and have been on albuterol since I was about 2. For years I have always been the sick one. I am constantly sick and tend to get very sick. I think I have a weak immune system and heard that albuterol can cause this. Any truth?

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It's not because of the albuterol, but because you have asthma.

The only thing that I can suggest because I have a lung disease + asthma, and I use Xopenex, which is "pure" albuterol, it works longer, and is supposed to be more...pure? So, I would ask your doctor about that.

I have asthma, and cystic fibrosis



Albuterol does NOT weaken the immune system. If you have asthma, you have an over-active immune system, which is reacting to things that do not bother healthy people. I was on Albuterol for many years, and was always sick by the time I was due to take my next regular scheduled dose, every 4 to 6 hours. Less than one year ago, I switched to Symbicort, which contains a similar medicine to Albuterol combined with a corticosteroid, to deal with the constant lung inflammation. With Symbicort, I take 2 inhalations every 12 hours, and am almost NEVER sick. I take the Symbicort whether I am sick or feeling healthy. If I do feel sick, in between doses [which is almost never], I take 2 inhalations of Albuterol. The Symbicort has a "dose-counter" on it, which lets you know when the inhaler is empty. Albuterol inhalers do not have a "dose-counter", and many patients keep sucking inhalations, long after the inhaler is empty.

If you are constantly sick, I would suspect that there is hidden toxic mold in your home. No asthma medicine will work against toxic mold. The way to check this out, is to move to a different home for 3 weeks. If your health improves, it means that it is "YOUR HOME" that is making you sick.

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God Bless, Joe

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