I agree 100% with Katyana. The point is to use the corticosteroid inhaler the moment a cough or cold starts at a higher dosage and eventually taper. The rescue inhaler should only be used if she's in a state of coughing where she can't stop, or she is wheezing.


My husband and also a friend sound exactly like your daughter. The symptoms seem to be a cough variant asthma or a twitchy lung symptom or something like that.

My husband has tried the corticosteroid inhalers which helped, but he lost his voice from them. He dispatches for an emergency department...so he had to go off them. I suggested he ask his doctor about Singulair. He's actually doing well on it. I also suggested it to my friend, and her doctor put her on them as well.

Your daughter very well may have had bronchitis, but that triggered her asthma or the cough which can go on for months (from my experience with my husband and friend).

Call the doctor and see if he will prescribe the Singulair. First check it out on the internet or pharmacist to understand what it does.

I think she should still get other tests to make sure there isn't anything more wrong, but her weight loss could very well be from the exersion from the coughing. Neither my husband or friend cough while sleeping (unlike having a cold).

Consider the Singulair.

Please let us know how your daughter is doing.

Best to you both,
quincy