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Originally Posted by Manny Laureano Yeah, that would be me, Tim.
When I feel especially tight or have eaten too much before a concert I use an inhaler. The medicine is Albuterol and known as Ventolin commercially. As I say, though, it's very infrequent and more of a last resort. It's not something I use daily.
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I have asthma too. I gave up trying to use the albuterol inhaler though, because it causes my heartrate to go nuts and I shake like a leaf after I've taken it....I feel like I just ran a marathon or drank about 10 shots of Espresso, but I'm breathing normally. It makes it almost impossible to play the horn, especially on long tied notes and lyrical passages. Like you, I don't use the inhaler daily...actually, the only time I've ever needed it was for marching band, and I had to give that up because it made it so hard to play that it wasn't worth taking it.
Do you have similar side effects with your inhaler, Mr. Laureano? If so, how do you work through it?
I hope I didn't just hijack the thread...
Lara