A 32-year-old male asked:
hi doc..i have asthma and i take ventolin and many medications but always have shortness of breath what can help better than inhaler..thank u?
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Dr. Gary Steven answered
30 years experience Pediatric Allergy and Asthma
See an allergist: Shortness of breath despite multiple asthma medications means one of three things : 1) you're being over treated (using long -acting bronchodilators when you don't really need them can actually cause shortness of breath); 2) this isn't really asthma ; 3) your asthma is very difficult to treat. At your age, all three of these are possible. You need an allergist, not the internet, to sort this out.
Answered on May 10, 2015
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