A life saver for asthma patients
Written: Oct 20 '02 (Updated Oct 20 '02)
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Pros: Can help many ailments
Cons: must be taken regularly, can get expensive
The Bottom Line: An excellent aid in the treatment for asthma
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| allisonfhc16's Full Review: Magnesium |
It's 3 AM, and you wake up struggling to breath. Your muscles are numb from the constant attempt to pull in enough air, as you reach for your inhaler. You take two puffs, and immediately you begin to feel your heart race and you begin to shake, however you get no relief. Your airways are so inflamed, your medicine has no effect. Exhausted, You find a way into the emergency room, wondering how you are ever going to make it through this nightmare. In the emergency room, they may do one of several things from prednisone injections, to starting up IV's with magnesium. Chances are, if you are an asthma patient, you are much too familiar with this situation. Perhaps it occurs on a regular basis, or perhaps it is just something you have thought about, but it is real and can threaten your life.
Magnesium has been used in emergency rooms to stop severe asthma attacks, as it reduces the inflammation in the bronchial tubes. The magnesium you buy in the store, though it is not the same as what they use in the emergency room, is still helpful in the long-term management of asthma. Obviously if you take one during an attack it is not going to help you out much, but the main goal is to avoid that attack in the first place.
Taking two magnesium a day, will take about 6 months to show any improvement in your asthma, but it is proven that it can help with the long-term treatment. It helps by opening up your airways and keeping inflammation down. It should never be used as a replacement to your normal medications, but used in conjunction with them, chances are that you will notice yourself needing your rescue inhaler less and less. The less medicine that you need to take the better off you will be, by treating this problem with magnesium, you have far fewer risks then by using the usual inhalers.
It is no guarantee that it will work for EVERYONE, but the vast majority of people who use magnesium as part of their long-term asthma treatment have significant improvements. I for one, have noticed very good results, so what do you have to lose?
Recommended:
Yes
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