Respiratory: Older Child, Xopenex

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Child with Respiratory Needs Mom's Advice, Please

My dd, has had respiratory problems every winter. As soon as cold season starts and hits her is goes straight to her lungs. She doesn't get a runny rose or fever. She just can't breath-It comes with the cough and wheezing especially at night. I have known she was really sick and taken her to the doctor at 3, 15, and 21 months, without the fever the doctors didn't think she was, but X-rayed her chest any way to find she had pneumonia. Which with the antibiotic cleared up soon. Sure enough the coughing and wheezing started again last...

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Xopenex HFA & Singular Medicine

My 6 year old granddaughter has been taking Xopenex HFA inhaler for a few months now as well as Singular tablets at other times. I have noticed a severe personality change. She is typically meek & mild but after taking this she becomes angry, irritable and down right ugly to the family. I have researched as much as I can but there seems to be a roadblaock to any manufacturer wanting to admit to this. I am not looking for a law suit or money just verification that this is what is causing it so we can handle this accordingly.

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7 Year Old with Severe Allergies, Asthma, and Eczema

HI To keep it short my 7 year old son has severe allergies, asthma and eczema and has had since birth. We have seen tons of doctors,dermatologists,allergists,even a chiropractor. We were seen at the oklahoma allergy clininc for 3 years and he had to take shots twice a week for 3 years. The allergy shots did not do anything for him. He was allergy tested for some 300 things and is allergic to 288 of them. We are unsure exactly how many he is allergic to the standard skin scraping or the skin injections do not work on him because of his...