Get Informed: Asthma

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Patient Comments about
Asthma

Asthma: Overview

Asthma is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become temporarily blocked or narrowed. Asthma can be triggered by irritants such as pollen and smoke that are breathed into the lungs, resulting in inflamed, clogged and constricted airways. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, wheezing, coughing and chest tightness. In severe cases, asthma can be life threatening.

Last Text Update:
 2010-Mar-20 9:57 PM
Last Data Update:
 2010-Mar-11 11:03 PM

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1 in 16 people have Asthma

iGuard is currently monitoring more than 119,450 patients with Asthma from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 17.9 million Americans have Asthma with women being 4 times more likely to be affected than men.

Geographical distribution of iGuard users with Asthma
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Age (Years)

iGuard is currently monitoring more than 119,450 patients with Asthma.

Medications used for Asthma

Drugs commonly taken by iGuard users for Asthma are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.

Commonly Used Medication Name*
(Hover mouse over name to see medication class) 		% of Patients Average Risk Rating Has Generic Available
Proair HFA 27% 2: General Yes
Singulair 26% 2: General No
Advair 22% 2: General No

Less than 5%: Flovent, Pulmicort, Xopenex, Symbicort, Fluticasone, Allegra, Asmanex, Flonase, Qvar, Combivent, Spiriva

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.


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Question/Comment:

I have had asthma for only a few years now; my doctor first tried me on Advair, but it did not seem to have any effect (good or bad) on me, so she switched me to using Qvar. Almost immediately I noticed a BIG difference. I also use ProAir as a rescue inhaler. This combination seems to manage my asthma quite well and I haven't noticed any significant side effects--mostly just dry mouth which is easily taken care of by taking a few swallows of something.

69 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States

Posted: 2010-03-11 19:28:37

Question/Comment:

Interesting comments. I take Advair and have had great success with it. I never knew that so many people had so many serious side effects from it. I'll keep that in mind.

30 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States

Posted: 2010-03-04 09:52:46

Question/Comment:

I used Advair for about 3 years, last one was 500/50. I started having terrible voice problems. My pulmo doc thought it was thrush, but it wasn't. Had to stop using Advair. It messed with my voice terribly. Doc switched me to Foradil (along with Spiriva and Xopenex which I was alredy using). My breathing started getting terrible. I would gasp for air for 20 minutes after climbing some stairs. My doc kept having me increase prednisone off and on all summer of 2008. I finally read a article on Foradil and it said the inhaler could make you gasp for air. Boy, did the light bulb ever come on. I quit Foradil and the horrible breathing problems ended all most over night. I'm now using Asmanex which works very well.

69 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States

Posted: 2009-09-26 12:03:06

Question/Comment:

Used advair for years, did little to alleviate asthma. Switched to Singulair, and have been breathing better ever since.

48 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States

Posted: 2009-09-21 16:02:36

Question/Comment:

I took Advair 250/50 for about 6 years and developed Glaucoma from it. I reduced to the 100/50 but it does not always work well and I have to take Proventil to supplement it. Now I take Serevent at night (which works fine) and the 100/50 Advair in the morning. If I need help still with breathing, then I take a puff of Proventil. It gets me through the day. I am a 82 year old female and have had Asthma since my thirties.

83 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States

Posted: 2009-09-03 10:36:30

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