Effects of ecigs on Asthmatics

[kathyo13]

Hi guys,
Does anyone have any insight as to how use of ecigs would effect an asthmatis person? I want to get my sister onto them but she's asthmatic and i dont want to make her any worse than she already is in the lung department???

 

[SMILIN]

I feel great, cut inhaler usage by over 80%. I guess it will depend how big a smoker she is. I was foolishly smoking 60-100 kools/day. I feel frikin great now. Been vaping for over 2 months

 

[Infr1371]

I agree with Smilin. Went from 20yrs of 10 a day to eCigs 2mths ago and lungs feel clearer, able to breathe deeper, more energy and noticeably less usage of my inhalers.
The ironic thing is it was my Asthma that got me smoking real cigs in the first place!
Hope this helps.

 

[kathyo13]

Thanks guys. I think I'll give her one for xmas. I love this forum as its helpfull and not just a ..... session.

 

[stephenrowley]

This is interresting, as I was asked the other day how the ecig would effect an Asthmatic, I refrained from answerring as I did not know for sure.

 

[dc2k08]

good topic, hope it gets moved to the health section.

 

[leaford]

I was foolishly smoking 60-100 kools/day.

Holy freaking crap! 3-5 packs a day?? Damn man, I am surprised you have lungs left!

 

[Mr.Darcy]

i have asthma...thats one of the main reasons why i started esmoking in the first place...along with a fear of emphysema and cancer down the line,of course...

anyway,i use my inhaler less frequently now,and my lungs feel better-i can actually fill and empty them a bit more now...and dont get out of breath quite as easily...but esmoking instead of smoking isnt a cure for asthma by any means-it helps ease the condition...if i didnt have my inhaler with me at all times id freak out...im sure all asthmatics can relate to that feeling...

but one thing puzzles me...i was a pretty heavy smoker...and i read about people bringing up phlegm and crap after being off smoking and onto esmoking for some time...well,ive been exclusively esmoking for almost 8 months now,and ive never coughed up anything...nothing at all...

so i assume a lot of crap is still down there...and it shows no sign of shifting...which might explain why my ease of breath-whilst noticable-isnt quite as dramatic as some other people...

anyway,in short...if youre asthmatic,stopping smoking and starting esmoking is,in my experience,a very good idea...

 

[SMILIN]

Holy freaking crap! 3-5 packs a day?? Damn man, I am surprised you have lungs left!

Lea, this is why I am so enthralled with these e.cigs, I have literally tried everything, including seeing my father with COPD, and on O2 for years, pass away this past fall. I found myself smoking more, depressed, staring at my computer, chain smoking these frikin kools. THANK GOD for this technology. Amen, brother.

No cig for 5 weeks yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[angiicat]

As a fellow asthmatic, I gotta say I have been vaping exclusively for 18 days and at first I did cough up a lot of phlegm almost like what I would do after a bad asthma attack. Now, phlegm free and feeling awesome. In fact, the vapor sometimes reminds me of using my nebulizer...also there is a thread about the vapor killing germs, interesting but in my opinion, vaping as opposed to smoking... Mucho better!

~the 'happily vaping' Cat

 

[dnakr]

good topic, hope it gets moved to the health section.

Moved...

 

[mEtoke2]

Since quitting real smokes and starting to e-smoke, I haven't had one asthma attack. That's 3 months asthma free!

 

[SANJP]

The coughing up flem after you give up smoking is something that I had on my mind when I gave up smoking . I had the same as you Darcy nothing came up .

Anyway after hours of research and a trip to the doctors it turns out your age has alot to do with it

apparently our lungs stop self cleaning after we reach 30-35

after I thought about it kinda made sense to me when I was younger (20-25) I used to cough up every morning after a club or heavy smoking nite, but after 30 I noticed I didn't cough up anymore.

so my top tip try give up before your 30 !​

 

[4myhealth]

I see that this thread has been buried and since I am a newbie (waiting on my 1st e-cig to arrive) I wanted to bump this up. I have been smoking for 23-years, 1-pack a day (marlboro ultra lights 100's). I have had asthma for as long as I can remember. I go thru 3 albuterol inhalers per month (and before they were banned in the US in Dec, I bought 14 of them at the local pharmacy (all that they had left) - out of pocket expense (pretty price tag).

Needless to say, I am almost out of them and it's only March 11th. Last week my doctor put me on Prednisone and Symbicort (COPD strength, although he (dr.) didn't explain why). I've used Prednisone in the past and it really cleared me out and made me feel "normal". However, today I took my last pred pill and I still have that nasty, super deep in the lungs, junky cough. It didn't clear up this time....

Can any other asthmatic smokers relate to this, meaning the total addiction or abuse of asthma medications, etc. If so, have your asthma symptoms and use of meds improved drastically after quitting the analogs and switching over to the e-cigs?

Thanks for your input/insight/suggestions!

 

[taukimada]

spotted this topic by chance....

being asthmatic myself since forever... i can understand the concerns..

me personally.. i have not fully cut the analogs out myself as ive just had some bad luck with my hardware so far... but now that im up to top gear.. im hoping that i should be simply finishing my last two packs and done with them..

here's my thinking on it though.. it cant be MORE harmful than all the cancer causing carcinigens we've BEEN putting in our lungs already!!

i DO find on the occasions where my gear was fully working and i actually did abstain from analogs... i felt AWESOME.. i could breathe... almost dared to take a jog

as a side note... while not a cure for asthma in the very least.. i would recommend the use of vaping instead of just up and quitting... i noticed someone here mentioned they STARTED smoking because of asthma.. which ironically makes more sense than you'd expect.. as i've actually had this conversation with a dr once.. i explained that SOMETIMES.. whilst in the midst of an attack.. i've been known to light one up and i start to feel better... he actually pointed out that the process of smoking a cig involves rythmic steady breathing.. which is actually the first defense for an attack.. he did of course admonish me for the smoking... but he admitted that it still made perfect sense.

another side note... im curious how many of us are dissapointed in the tendency of drs these days of trying to force us to use daily meds when we dont have daily attacks.. i don't know about you.. but im not keen on the steroid approach or the idea of taking a daily dose of something that i only need every FEW days.. i think we are being WAY over medicated which is ad when you realize that most of the inhaled meds actually cause SOME lung damage that we will pay for dearly later... my $.02

 

[MonkeyMonk]

4myhealth my mother was on Albuterol and our doctor and the pharmacy related that ProAir and one other one (sorry, can't remember the name) were the replacements. Both doctor and pharmacist related that the drug was the same in Pro Air and Albuterol, but that the delviery method was changed.

Maybe you could ask your druggist and then your doctor about ProAir.

 

[4myhealth]

taukimada - that is great to hear that you felt awesome when you didn't smoke the analogs - gives me something to look forward to! I agree with the nasty meds being constantly "forced" onto us. I was on Advair a few years ago. It gave me incredible chest pains so I stopped taking it. Now they have the warning that it can cause cardiac arrest! Glad I quit but now I just heard that Symbicort has the same issues. Just lovely.....I've got to get off of the asthma meds ASAP!

Monkey - I do have a RX for ProAir, however, they are way more expensive than the old style Albuterol inhalers, hence the reason I stocked up. I used to pay $10 per month for Albuterol but the same amount of ProAir runs me $75 a month. Huge increase in our monthly budget! But I do thank you for the suggestion.

 

[teardrop88]

I'm asthmatic myself and was actually quite surprised. If anything, vaping has really helped me during attacks. Inhalers and antihistamines help keep my lungs open, but the phlegm has always been a problem as I am used to be coughing for hours after an attack. The propylene glycol contained in the juice is known to for it's ability to bond with water and I've found it to help clear up my cough within an hour. I'm no doctor, and no, I would not recommend vaping in place of any medication, just an added bonus I noticed.

 

[taukimada]

ever since i first started reading on this forum i've always wondered something...

from what i've read.. the original ruyan patent involved more of a nebulizer inner workings than the heated coil we currently use... with this knowledge i think it's relatively safe to assume that our ejuice would POSSIBLY work in a nebulizer... sooooooo... anybody think our albuteral for the neb would possibly work in an ecig??... i'm not planning on suiciding an atomizer to try it.. but i've always been curious

 

[taz3cat]

4myhealth, the Prednisone and symbcort are for imflamation. If you quit taking Prednisone your imflamation comes back. Your not additicted, you just need the medication to keep down the imflamation.