Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
(EIA = exercise induced asthma)

I find humidity also causes problems. Especially hot humid days, which may or may not be a problem in your area. Then there are the totally random "good days and bad days".

I was doing pretty good on my med regime, but it took 3 seasons of working with my doctor to figure out what worked best for me. What seemed to work at first, would need to be changed down the road.
Yep. And sometimes the side-effects from one med are so bad that no relief is worth it...4 bouts with thrush in the back of my throat made me give up on Advair. I'm on Qvar now and have had no issues. So even the same type of med in a different form (Advair is a powder, Qvar is a fine liquid mist...I think the Advair ended up more on the back of my throat than in my lungs) can have different results.

But asthma issues that are more than occasional should really be treated with a daily maintenance med. Albuterol is really not intended to be used daily, at least not without a maintenance med. It's a "rescue" inhaler. I don't understand why an allergist wouldn't have you on a continuous inhaled steroid. That's pretty much SOP for asthma, nowadays.