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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, OP, in my experience with a child who had asthma problems since birth (almost always triggered by colds), if your kid is having a severely hard time breathing -- that is when they give you the liquid/pill prednisone, and it isn't long term. do they only have you on it for a few more days? If so, I would stick with it. They tend to do the job quickly.

Do you have a nebulizer? That helps to get the medicine deeper too, when the airways are so constricted that a regular inhaler with a spacer doesn't do anything.

I hope you keep up with the specialist afterward to make sure the asthma gets under control as much as possible. We've had great experiences with the Institute for Allergy & Asthma (locations in Wheaton & Friendship Heights).

There is definitely some weighing to be done between the potential or actual side effects of a drug v. the need to make sure your kid can breathe. I understand that studies show that kids who grew up taking preventive inhaled steroids ended up being a half inch shorter than their peers... that's a little concerning, but more concerning to me is when my kid is having an asthma attack daily and needing albuterol on a regular basis.[/quote]

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