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On oral prednisone for asthma & acute bronchitis. i have chest pain this morning to left and under rib should i be worried?
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You should : Take your bronchodilator as well- every 6 hours ( ventolin/ albuterol etc) whichever one you have. Just use one kind only .If you are not getting relief, see your doctor asap.It is also possible you may have an infection on top of asthma attack.
Answered 3/2/2015
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