THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY. I KNOW GENERALLY ASTHMA AND COPD ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WHAT I MEANT IN MY CASE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING MY BREATHING PROBLEMS. BECAUSE HIGH DOSE STEROIDS DIDN'T IMKPROVE MY LUNG CAPACITY AND REGULAR ALBUTEROL DOSEN'T HELP ALOT THEY ARE TREATING IT AS COPD. I WENT TO TWO PULMENOLOGISTS WHO SAID THE CAUSE IS NOT TREATING MY ASTHMA SUFFICENTLY WHEN I WAS A KID. I READ YOUR OTHER POST . I TAKE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING AS YOU EXCEPT I TAKE FLOVENT INSTEAD OF PULMICORT.I HAD TROUBLE USING THAT CORRECTLY. I NEVER KNEW IF IT HAD COME OUT.HAVE YOUR DOCTORS TOLD YOU YOUR LUNGS SHOULD HOLD THERE OWN WITH THE MEDICATION? EXCUSE ME, I AM SCARED WITH THE "COPD" DIAGNOSIS THEY ARE GIVING ME WHEN I HAD ALWAYS JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ASHTHMA. BY THE WAY I DO FIND THAT COMBIVENT GIVES ME MORE RELEIF THEN JUST ALBUTEROL. DO YOU HAVE A NEBULIZER? i DO BUT IT'S UP TO ME WHICH ONE TO USE. ANY OTHER RESPONSES FROM ANYONE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.