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Q: Emergency room visit and prescriptions

asked by: randir14 on October 14th, 2009

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Yesterday I had to go to the emergency room because I had the worst asthma attack of my life, I felt like I was going to pass out and die. Anyway, after two breathing treatments my peak flow was up to 620. I was given a prescription for Prednisone and Atrovent but I don't know if they're helping because after using the peak flow meter today I could only go up to 450. Is this normal?

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