Thanks to hay fever i have to take a blue sometimes brown inhaler?

usally have to blast on the blue one one every half an hour the brown i have not taken yet. I only take these in June. What damage can these things do to you 15 or 20 years from now. im 34

Are you using your inhalers correctly?

My son's asthmatic - and he uses the brown "preventer" inhaler every morning, which stops him needing to use the blue "reliever" one.

I'd pop back to see your GP if I were you.

sorry i have no idea...............

i've been on a salbutamol (blue inhaler) and a Becotide (brown) inhaler in the past. Its a mild steroid your inhaling and it opens up your airways by promoting vasio dilation of the mucosal tissues that line the throat.

as for damage.... ummmmm I'm not entirely sure. Its quite possible that accelerated hair growth may occur during puberty- but obviously your past that. To my knowledge and previous 21 years experience as an asthmatic, i cannot name a single long term effect that i have had to suffer with.

Try the brown inhaler for a week- it should reduce the symptoms and lower the frequency that you have to take the blue one.

Oh yeah- juts make sure its out of your pockets when you lie down- hurts if it jets stuck into your sides.

also- keep one in reach at all times. Bets of luck to you!

I haven't heard of any long term affects on people, but the best person to ask is you GP.
Here are a few tips that might alleviate your symptoms; Have as little or no carpet in your home. Timber flooring is best. If you are unable to manage this, you could use a vacuum cleaner with special allergen filters. Unfortunately no pets and stay away from areas where they are cutting the grass. Bed linen with special allergen properties are a great help also. And, finally, if you could invest in an IONISER for your room, the results should be dramatic. You can buy these at any chemist, but they are not cheap. Good luck.

Hi there! I'm a GP nurse and deal with inhalers every day. Whats happening is that the pollen is getting into your lungs and inflaming the surface, making your airways tighten, and you wheeze. You should be taking your brown inhaler twice daily. This is called Beclamethasone and is a very mild steroid that basically helps your lungs to protect themselves from the pollen. If you take it regularly as directed you shouldn't need to use the blue inhaler (Salbutamol). The idea is then that the blue one should be used when you get wheezy, which shouldn't be more often than once a day. If you stay off the brown one, and keep using the blue one to control your wheezing, all you're doing is relaxing your airways, and allowing more pollen to get in and irritate them. As for long term effects, as long as you're not a smoker, you'll have no problems in the future. I've used inhalers to control my seasonal asthma since I was 7 (32 now) and in all my years as a nurse I've neither seen or heard anything to the contrary. I highly recommend that you pop along to your GP nurse for an asthma check! Hope this helps. :)