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Show effective. (Always check with yourdoctor before beginning any medication.) The danger is for people who have more severe symptoms. Studies indicate that these drugs may not be strong enough to unblock tightly squeezed airways. Guidelines for patients with moderate to severe asthma now recommend steroid-based drugs to controlthe in- flammation of the airways, with bronchodilators as a backup. The idea is to aftack asthma before discomfort sets in. But patients maybe reluctant to follow this approach. “You have to keep taking the steroids every day until they kick in,” says Dr. Calman Prussin of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “But patients do not feel better right away, so they learn to depend on the bronchodilators.” Adds Dr. Wynn: “We monitor our patients carefully. They catch on with repeated office visits.” With propercare, millions of asthma sufferers can lead full, active lives. And even severe asthma has not stopped some of Amenca’s hardest-training athletes, such as Everett Weiss, 18, the1996 he suffered a near-fatal attack when he was 13. Today,he relies on five different medications. “I have to be very disciplined about them,” he says. Dr. Finegold recommends that famlies with an asthma patient develop a rescue plan. If someone you know is havingan attack, stay calm, give the pauent medication immediately and call the doctor. If the doctor isn’t available. goto the nearest emergency room. if Just stay yourfirst night at full price and the followingnightis free at participating hotels from 11/15/96-2/10/97. Everyone loves two-for-one, and that’s what you'll enjoy at participating Holiday Inn” hotels in the U.S. and Canada. Just make your reservation in advance, ask for the Holiday Inn’ “Second Night Free” Promotion and bring this coupon when you checkin + Hobday See FREE NIGHT COUPON es one = ne eatin a For every night you payfull price, you'll get an additional night free! For reservations, call |-800-HOLIDAYor yourtravel professional + Holiday Swn- OARADE MAGAZRME NOVEMBER 10. 1996 PAGE (9 { setoyf” okey Signs” © Vey ow See” em Sete” Ress Ras PALLLOe |
