"We don't know if this triggered his asthma but from then on he started to take Ventolin and
Becotide inhalers," she says.
Zak Evans, who celebrated his eighth birthday yesterday, used to have chest problems every night and often needed puffs of the treatment
Becotide, which contains steroid.
Its top products are Paxil, Wellbutrin and Imitrex (central nervous system); Seretide, Serevent, Flovent, Ventolin and
Becotide (respiratory); Augmentin (antibacterial); and Trizivir, Combivir and Epivir (antivirals).
The bag of medication includes 90 water tablets, 30 heart tablets, 30 blood thinning tablets, 30 sleeping pills, 30 diazepam and a
Becotide inhaler.
A SOMETIMES you can develop a thrush infection at the back of the throat if you use a steroid inhaler such as
becotide. Thrush is a common side effect.
QI AM asthmatic and currently use Ventolin and
Becotide inhalers.
My six-year-old son has been using a preventer inhaler (
Becotide) since he was three and he's much shorter than his classmates.
I am taking Sulphasalazine to help combat the pain of arthritis and on Ventolin and
Becotide inhalers for my asthma.
Q I AM an 80-year-old woman with asthma, bronchitis and emphysema and cope well with Ventolin and
Becotide, which I take twice daily.
The preventers (normally inhaled steroids such as
Becotide or Pulmicort) work by treating the underlying cause of asthma, while relievers (such as Ventolin and Bricanyl) provide temporary relief by opening up the airways of the lungs.
QI AM asthmatic and currently take Ventolin and
Becotide Inhalers.
Q I HAVE been using a
becotide inhaler for asthma since 1990.