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Viral-Induced Asthma Spacer vs Nebulizer
My son is 3 yo. He is on 2 puffs Flovent 1 x day daily via spacer and one pill of Singulair daily. At the first sign of sickness, we increase the 2 puffs of Flovent to twice daily and he needs 6 puffs of Albuterol every 4 hours during the day (not overnight). Then on days 3 & 4 we scale down to 4 puffs Albuterol, day 5 (final day) we scale down to 2 puffs. Day 6 we stop the Albuterol and day 8 we go back to Flovent 1 x day. Sometimes the above works, sometimes he needs to do Albuterol for longer. His last cold, he also needed prednisone...
