Asthma Medication Can Save Your Life

Breathe. Sounds simple. Not if you have an asthma attack.

Simple
preventive measures to help keep you breathing.

Asthma
Medication can save your life

Know
where your medications are!

Make
sure that you are aware of your need for refills.

At
the bottom of every prescription there is a number that indicates

how
many refills you have left.

Keep
track of your asthma medications, how full they are, how many puffs there are
left, and where they are.

In
the winter months, have the courage to ask your doctor for an

emergency
bottle of prednisone for emergencies

Your medications should be with you at all times. They
should not be at your friend's house, or locked in your school locker, on a
weekend. They should not be left at Grandmas or you discover on your way home
it was left at Grandmas.

You need to be aware of your refill needs.

At the bottom of every prescription there is a number that indicates
how many refills you have left.

Better to look after each refill rather than when you need
it on a Sunday and the pharmacy's closed and the pediatrician only has their
answering service on.

You will seriously be in trouble so keeping track of your
asthma medications, how full they are, how many puffs there are left, and where
they are, are very preventive measures and will help keep you breathing.

So know where your medication is, keep it on hand.

Know how many puffs you have left.

Most pediatricians should do it, having an emergency small
bottle of

prednisone and in the winter our pediatrician always did
that.

I don't know if that's standard.

I hear have the courage to ask your pediatrician,

because a lot people don't so they won't get it.

Some tips on how to manage your asthma.

Make sure that you have your medicine on hand.

Make sure that you have your prescriptions on hand.

In our house we keep a prescription taped to the cupboard
next the phone. We know how many refills
are left, we know our pharmacy phone number, we know our pediatrician's
emergency phone number and during the winter during the high season for asthma,
we ask our pediatrician for an emergency bottle of prednisone. Have the courage to ask your pediatrician to
ask for an emergency bottle of prednisone on hand. It takes teamwork to manage your asthma. Your parents are on your team. Your siblings are on your team. Your pediatrician is on your team. By working together, by keeping track of all
of your symptoms and making sure that you have the appropriate
medications. You can manage your asthma.