Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
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.
On QVAR too, with Foridal - another inhaled powder. I was on QVAR daily, and the Foradil on exercise days, but my new GP suggested trying Foradil daily too.