[SheLion]

He took me off all of the meds my Dr. had prescribed and gave me Pulmicort. I feel as though I am asthma fee. Not a single episode in over a year and I have never opened my albuterol prescription since it's last refill in July.

The allergist is stunned by my progrss. According to him my lung function is nearly 100%. Can you outgrow adult onset asthma?

Wow!  Good for YOU!!  I bet you feel wonderful!!!

"Pulmicort."  I haven't heard of it.  Is it a pill form? 

I sure don't know if you can outgrow asthma or not.  But they say with medications, you can manage it.  I bet you are really relieved.

[corkoman]

"Pulmicort." I haven't heard of it. Is it a pill form?

It is a dry powder inhaler that delivers budesonide, a high-potency corticosteroid that has shown to be a powerful inhibitor of airway inflammation. It is $$$. Must be used every day and not for acute attacks.

You do not have "adult-onset" asthma but an extrinsic asthma brought on by the cats allergens. I cannot get rid of my daughter's cat so i will suffer for a few more years (the cat always finds its way back to the house...>1 mile and counting).

If you can get rid of the cat your asthma should go away.

[surrey]

Pulmicort is an inhaler. And you bet I'm relieved. I had reached the point where I was uneasy about travel. The thought of being on a plane and possibly having an episode was terrifying.
I have to remind myself every day not to leave the house with my rescue inhaler ,just in case.

[Mears]

"I sure don't know if you can outgrow asthma or not."

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I outgrew asthma.

I had it from age 5 to age 21. I could barely climb a single flight of stairs when I had a attack,I slept seated in a chair,I'd lose weight and I was very thin.

At 21 I had a bad attack and I couldn't even walk to the bus stop---I would take a cab to the school where I was teaching.It lasted for 2 miserable weeks.

I never had another attack in the next fifty years.It just stopped.

I am convinced that a good cup of strong,black coffee helps asthmatics and smoking certainly did me no harm since I still smoke.

Coffee and cigars were some of the treatments given to Teddy Roosevelt,who had severe asthma, and TR had the best doctors money can buy.