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>My brother, 49, was diagnosed bronchial asthma 2 weeks ago for the
>first time in his life. He had only 2-3 light attacks which passed
>without taking any medicine. He has been treated with aminophyllin,
>bromhexin, calcium chloride, but no prednisolone. He feels better now,
>but once he had a collapse after an injection of calcium chloride. He
>likes to play tennis and jogs a few miles every morning. I think it is
>not good for his health. How could I help him?
Calcium chloride by mouth is very different than calcium chloride
intravenously, so there should be little problem. I'm not familiar
with CaCl2 being used for asthma. In the US, we usually start with
the use of inhaled corticosteroids and beta-2 agonists, before going
to systemic medication. The other caveat is to be sure he truly does
have bronchial asthma and not ischemic heart disease masquerading as
asthma attacks... H2
bronchial asthma