A member asked:

Breathing great, dr told me 2 wean off alvesco (ciclesonide) inhaler. 3 days off & asthma coming back. i have hashimotos, tsh .3 now. some anxiety + gerd too.

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Go back on it: Unless you have mostly avoided the allergen triggers or the asthma was triggered by a viral infection, the recurrence of asthma should be expected once off of a controller drug.- think of it as insulin for diabetes. If you want to reduce the drug intake, consider an allergy consult: to identify the triggers and perhaps a course of allergy shots to modify the disease in a long term basis.

Answered 2/15/2016

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