A 32-year-old member asked:

Can you get an oxygen tank for breathing without a doctor's prescription?

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A Verified Doctoranswered

36 years experience

Maybe: You might be able to find one but should not as oxygen is a drug and you can be harmed by using it when it is not medically indicated.

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A 33-year-old member asked:

Why would a doctor need to prescription an oxygen tank?

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Dr. Ihab Ibrahimanswered

Pain Management 31 years experience

Oxygen is: Regulated when used as a medicine. Too much o2 can cause cataract. It isn't a harmless medicine.

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A 33-year-old female asked:

Morning. I felt 100% healthy on Wednesday morning and suddenly around 12/13:00 I felt, dizzy, tired, body aches, headache. Went to the doc yesterday and started using my prescription medication. Now I feel 10times worse. Breathing heavily and headach?

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A 24-year-old male asked:

Havng allergy and wheezing.Difficult in breathng.I hv bcome slim.Doctor say thts bcoz u don't GT enough oxygen..Plzz wht cn i do?Help im vry slim?

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A 52-year-old female asked:

I had covid at the end of june 2020 till july been isolated and to doctor in out. Used presciption meds and antibotic but what ive noticed that my breathing is not normal.especially when weather is damp and even hot.. clinic doctor declares me fit..

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A 54-year-old male asked:

Why when i get difficulties breathing or sob, yet my oxygen saturation is 99-98% . How and what could that be. What is the symptom of low oxg saturat

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A 71-year-old female asked:

How can I improve my breathing so i can get off supplemental oxygen? I do not have COPD or other. I live in high altitude state.

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