Asthma Inhaler Question. It's pretty long, but please help me!!!?

First, don't you need your medication?

Second, trouble breathing can be caused by a lot of things- asthma being the least of them. It is not something to take lightly. In the elderly this can be a sign of heart failure, lung infection, or cancer; just to name a few. Your mother may be depriving your grandparents of needed treatments by assuming their problem is asthma. If she knows they don't have a history of asthma (which would have been discovered when they were young) she is definately depriving them.

There is a reason that this medication is by prescription only.

- can be hard on the kidneys and liver. So, elderly people often need different dosing and should have kidney and liver function tested before this is prescribed.

- can cause heart problems or worsen existing heart conditions, a possible problem for any elderly person but especially your grandfather.

- can have bad effects in combination with some other medications. The safety of taking this with any other medications taken by your grandparents needs to be checked.

- can worsen breathing problems and has a number of side effects that can be especially harmful to elderly people.

If your grandparents have a bad reaction to this medication, your mom could be in trouble with the law for giving it to them without a prescription.

If your doctor found out that she was doing this, he or she probably would be angry becasue the medication was provided for you.

Talk to her and your grandparents about these things. Tell her about the anxiety this is causing you and ask her, for your peace of mind and for your grandparents safety, to have your grandparents checked out by a doctor to see if they have asthma or not and if this is really the right medication.

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Is you mom wrong- yes. Are you now mature enough to have figured that out- yes. Is there something you can say or do to change things- probably not.

She probably knows it is wrong. But maybe your grandparents can't afford to see the doctor or buy other drugs, so your mom thinks she is helping. And if it goes bad for your grandparents, then you'll have "I told you so" rights forever--- but that has never actually helped anyone.

There might be other things going on mom hasn't told you about. Maybe she sold the goody bag of drugs to get some fast cash. Happens all the time, more so when times are rough like they are now.

You are both head strong people. But as long as she is older than you, she's going to win. Unless you are moments away from getting a medical degree, or you happen to have a close friend with a medical degree who is willing to check your grandparents for free and score them free drugs... it's not likely that mom is gonna listen. I'm sorry, I know that isn't what you were looking to hear. I know you came here hoping for a link to a page from Harvard Medical that would give you all the facts to get your mom to change her thought process... but the truth is, I doubt you'll be that lucky. Everyone knows taking someone else's drugs is bad and dangerous. Your grandparents know this too. But it happens all the time. It sucks, and it kills people, but it does happen.

I (myself) as soon as spent two years & countless numbers of greenbacks on bronchial asthma therapy - misdiagnosed. FINALLY a pulmonary workup was once ordered & confirmed that there was once not anything flawed w/ my lungs, the obstacle grew to become out to be gastrointestinal. ================= Inhalers have a wide variety of exceptional drugs in them. Some meds are risk-free for cats IN THE CORRECT DOSAGE, however inhalers packaged for folks aren't going to be the proper dosage & would now not include the proper therapy. Taking her right into a steamed up toilet might be a lot more secure. If she has allergic reactions, she will have to be saved within. She such a lot obviously demands to be tested by means of a certified vet.

It is wrong because unless your mother is a doctor or a pharmacist, she has no idea what interaction this medication can be having with other meds both your grandparents take. Self dosing of another's person's medications is NEVER recommended. And, since your grandfather has had heart attacks, albuterol speeds up your heart and this could potentially stress his heart and he might have another heart attack and it would be your mother's fault. Both your grandmother and grandfather need to talk with their doctors about their breathing problems and get the CORRECT medication to treat it.

You should NEVER take something that is prescribed to someone else because it wasn't meant for them to use it! Your grandparents need to go to the doctor because they could have something more serious then asthma and if it is asthma they need to get an inhaler that is right for them not what's right for you. It was prescribed to you because it is meant for your use not anyone else's just yours. Also yes it is dangerous for them to use it because it's not theirs. You should ask your mom this question: Would you ever give someone prescription pills (that were prescribed to her) to someone else just because they have the same symptoms? If she says yes then she needs to get help because that is very dangerous and if she says an inhaler is different then she's wrong because it's not it still has medicine in it it's just given in a different way than other prescriptions.

Hope I helped and good luck!