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Show Your Health j Asthma Sufferers Helped " By Drug Norisodrine Horn Service Bureau, and uk for your copy of "Asthma, Csttees and Treatment" By Jamee W. Barton, M.D. In our student days we knew of no specific or special remedy to prevent or cure an attack of asthma. As few, If any, asthmatics died of asthma, the disease was not given the attention It deserved considering the distressing symptoms symp-toms present during an attack. Today every patient with asthma receives a thorough anamination and in the majority of cases he receives re-ceives considerable relief. When It was found that many cases of asthma were caused by allergy or sensitiveness to various substances, akin and other tests of these substances pollen, - food, furs, feathera-rwere made, and treatment by removing these aub-atancea aub-atancea from the food and air gave relief. Benadryl Belief The next discovery waa that defects de-fects of nose and throat enlarged turbinates and polypi In the nose and sinus disturbances were responsible re-sponsible alone for some case a or responsible together with some allergic substance. The correction of the defect of nose and throat, and the usefadrugjike Jenadryl gave relief. Some Individuals have asthma and hay fever becauseof tjieir makeup or personality they are overconaclentloua, ambitious, hard workers both mentally and physically. physi-cally. There appears to be more histamine manufactured In them than in others, so that antihlsta-mlnle antihlsta-mlnle drugs like Benadryl and pyrlbenxamine give relief. A new method of treatment of asthma haa been announced in "Science" by three research workers work-ers of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Dra. L. R. Krasno, M. Grossman, and A. V. Ivy. These physicians stats that asthma paroxysms not controlled by adrenalin, pyribensamine and bena-dryl, bena-dryl, ahould be given the new drug norisodrine which dilates or opens wider the bronchial tubes. No Serious Reaction Norisodrine Is Inhaled aa a dust from a small plastic container and gave relief In 23 of 24 cases reported re-ported by these physicians. No serious reactions , occurred. The container holds but ons dose usually, consumed In three to five minutes. The pulse rate occasionally occasion-ally Increases 4 to 12 bests per minute after this treatment and blood pressure falls S to 20 mm. of - mercury. As increase in pulse rate and decrease in blood pressure show ahock present The first dose of norisodrine should be taken under supervision of a physician. Asthma, Causes and Treatment The causa or causes of asthma were unknown until recently. Now that It la known that allergy, nose and throat defects, and emotional disturbances can cause the attacks, most asthmatics can be helped. Send today for Dr. Barton's handy booklet entitled "Asthma," enclosing en-closing 10c and a Sc stamp, to cover cost of handling and mailing, mail-ing, to the Salt Lake Telegram |
