Hi Maggie,
I am trying to find out if I have exercise induced asthma, I have a Maxair inhaler but all I do is cough when i take it. I am also on Allegra for allergies which doesn't help either. You may want to try inhaling outside of your mouth instead of putting your lips around the opening of the inhaler. I heard from my Physicians assistant that I see that they discovered more medicine gets in your lungs that way. Anyway, when you get a tightening in your chest, is it in the middle? Does it feel kind of like a tug? But it doesn't hurt? I get that when I am exercising plus when I am tired also. Any input will help. Thanx :confused:

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Hi Maggie,
I am trying to find out if I have exercise induced asthma, I have a Maxair inhaler but all I do is cough when i take it. I am also on Allegra for allergies which doesn't help either. You may want to try inhaling outside of your mouth instead of putting your lips around the opening of the inhaler. I heard from my Physicians assistant that I see that they discovered more medicine gets in your lungs that way. Anyway, when you get a tightening in your chest, is it in the middle? Does it feel kind of like a tug? But it doesn't hurt? I get that when I am exercising plus when I am tired also. Any input will help. Thanx :confused:

Hey thanks for replying. :) I've started taking advair to see if it will help more than the flovent. I've only been on it a little more than a week and I don't really see a drastic difference yet. I do think advair is easier to use and gets into your lungs better though. I'm also still using the albuteral before I run. I'm hoping that it's more allergies and that it might die down some.

Take care! ;)