BE HEARD!!!!

..ON SOAPBOX..

ProAir HFA sucks. Xopenex HFA doesn't clear my lungs. I need a CFC inhaler!!!!!

There is so much going on today with the economy. It seems like all of us asthmatics aren't being heard. This is a serious matter! People are ending up in emergency rooms because they are forced to use a medication that does NOT work. And did you know that they want to fiddle with our asthma spray again?

Did you know that CFC has nothing to do with climate change? No, CFCs impact the Ozone layer, but the minute amount released by inhalers is insignificant. However the replacement propellant, HFA actually contributes to global warming!!! So they are going to push for another life-threatening change in December of this year!!

You might also be interested to know that 3 out of the 4 brands of rescue inhalers contain ethanol. Studies have shown that about 30% of asthmatics experience bronchospasm when they inhale ethanol.

PLEASE take some time to BE HEARD! This is going on all over the world!! If you or your friends or relatives live in another country and they have asthma, encourage them to get involved.

Don't let the large print and caps turn you off. This website's author is an asthmatic and he's mad just like the rest of us. He's turning his anger into energy to make a difference. Sign the petition and write to your senators, congressman and President Obama here: https://www.savecfcinhalers.org/

If you have had a bad experience with a new HFA inhaler, post a report here: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/health/hfa_inhalers.html

If you have had a serious problem you can make a report here at the FDA website (not being able to breathe is serious). If at all possible, print the PDF and take it to your doctor to be filled out. If you cannot, there is an online version. Please be accurate.
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/consumer/consumer.htm

If you are a member, write the AARP. I chose "AARP on the Issues". http://www.aarp.org/about_aarp/contact/

Call your senators!! Send Obama a WRITTEN letter (not just an email). Make a difference.
Thank you.

..OFF SOAPBOX..