I am a disabled RN and I have asthma, and the inability to get air in and out properly is very scary. I would ask his DR. if he or she could recommend a good therapist. Anyone who is 24 years old and does not take his medicine because he doesn't like "pills" sounds like he is on a suicide trail and needs emotional help. The other thing is the hospital where your son was a patient may have a teaching person in their Respiratory Care Division who could talk to him about the importance of taking his medication an...

I am a disabled RN and I have asthma, and the inability to get air in and out properly is very scary. I would ask his DR. if he or she could recommend a good therapist. Anyone who is 24 years old and does not take his medicine because he doesn't like "pills" sounds like he is on a suicide trail and needs emotional help. The other thing is the hospital where your son was a patient may have a teaching person in their Respiratory Care Division who could talk to him about the importance of taking his medication and explain to him in as great of detail as is possible to the "WHY" behind the medication. Generally they have more time to explain and instruct then a DR. does. I worked in a children's hospital sometime back and we had a young boy come into the ICU who had been hiking with his brother, he had Asthma and did not have any inhalers with him or anything to combat a Asthma attack should he get one unexpectantly. That is what happened. By the time his younger brother was able to run and get help he had been down for some time and was not breathing. As a result he suffered brain damage and when he left the hospital had a feeding tube, a catheter, could not walk or talk. To see someone that this has happened to would make anyone realize how important Asthma medication is. Mom, I would find someone besides myself to try to get him to understand his responsibilities for himself. That would include trying to get some assistance with his hospital bill. He sounds like he needs some sort of help, but parental help may make him feel like a child and cause him not to hear or to rebel against anything you try to get him to do. If he is flunking out of school, maybe he should take some time off and get a job and find out what the real world is all about. Help with that hospital bill, those sorts of things. He is an adult and does not want to be treated like a child so let him be an adult and face up to his resposibilities. These responsibilities include therapy, getting some teaching done on how Asthma affects the body. Take a few steps back mom, and see what he choses to do.

As a parent of two girls(11 and 9) I have accepted the fact that one or both of them may not grow up to focus on being all they can be. I do my best to instill in them that factory jobs are hard and backbreaking and that's what they'll end up doing without a college education, but still I know that it may not stick like I want it to.( And, perhaps that's something you should want to stress to your son, that a physically hard job will affect his asthma. I'm not sure he'll listen, maybe, if he hates being sick he will.) S...

As a parent of two girls(11 and 9) I have accepted the fact that one or both of them may not grow up to focus on being all they can be. I do my best to instill in them that factory jobs are hard and backbreaking and that's what they'll end up doing without a college education, but still I know that it may not stick like I want it to.( And, perhaps that's something you should want to stress to your son, that a physically hard job will affect his asthma. I'm not sure he'll listen, maybe, if he hates being sick he will.) So, I've vowed to be prepared for either course my kids may take, maybe you should take this same approach.

Your son does not sound ready to be on his own to me. But, maybe he needs a little school of hard knocks, I'm not sure reverting back to being a baby under mommy is the answer here. Your son needs to hate being sick.So, he'll take his medicine. So tell him ALL the time, if he doesn't take his medicine he'll be sick. Tell him till your blue in the face so when he gets sick your nagging voice is all he hears in his head. I'd just hate to see you bringing his meds to his bedside with a daily argument/persuasion to take them like he was 5 years old.(Those days are supposed to be over by his age) But, I'd also hate to see you just let him go if he's really stubborn and him get sick and go to the hospital again. So, I'd find middle ground in the repeated telling him until your blue in the face.

At this point I'd give it one more shot since you've already come this far. If it falls apart, then, no, no more, I'd chalk it up a loss. He needs to grow up a little more before it will work.

I think you may not care for my answer because I would not do either one. There is only one way that he will gain maturity and that is to be on his own. If you tell him that you stand ready to help him if he asks, but it is time to move out and join the workforce with a place of his own. I don't see this as a tragedy. He may gain rapid maturity and ask for help to go back to school. He has the information he needs. His workplace may provide insurance. The only exception to this is if he only needs to pass a few courses ...

I think you may not care for my answer because I would not do either one. There is only one way that he will gain maturity and that is to be on his own. If you tell him that you stand ready to help him if he asks, but it is time to move out and join the workforce with a place of his own. I don't see this as a tragedy. He may gain rapid maturity and ask for help to go back to school. He has the information he needs. His workplace may provide insurance. The only exception to this is if he only needs to pass a few courses to get a degree.
There is an excellent chance his asthma will improve.
This advice is hard for you, I know. But it is the only way. Nagging him will produce no results, as you already know. In fact it makes asthmatics worse.

I think that you should either monitor him for a little bit where you live but eventually he is going to have to live on his own. Have a health professional talk to him about what could happen if he does not take his medicine. Also I would talk to his school to see if they could do anything about it. Tell him that he needs to go back to school in order to get a better job.

Your son needs a medical counselling and that way he can keep his asthma cured with time.

Asthma Patient Counseling: Join the Pharmacist Revolution

Dawn S. Knudsen, PharmD

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Your son needs a medical counselling and that way he can keep his asthma cured with time.

Asthma Patient Counseling: Join the Pharmacist Revolution

Dawn S. Knudsen, PharmD

Patient counseling is part of the revolution of the pharmacist. As pharmacists'responsibility has evolved from dispenser to a disseminator of information, patient counseling has become a cornerstone for pharmaceutical care. Research has proven that medication adherence ranges from 20% to 70% for chronic conditions, such as asthma.1 Pharmacist-provided education can improve adherence rates and patient understanding.2-4 The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program recognizes the need for pharmaceutical care and recommends that asthma education be integrated throughout asthma care.5 Even though patient education is perceived as important by pharmacists6 and other health care professionals,5 in a 1990s study researchers reported that between 40% and 67% of patients do not talk with their pharmacist about their medications.7 Even though pharmacists are specifically trained to provide medication education, patients may lack an understanding about the expanded counseling function that pharmacists possess.7 Because patients lack awareness of this skill, it is up to pharmacists to open the door of communication when providing counseling about asthmatic treatments.

Important Points to Cover

Most patients do not have a completely correct inhaler technique, which may lead to less than optimal delivery and suboptimal efficacy of the medication. The majority of retail pharmacists who provide patient counseling are very busy and are being pulled in several different directions; quick and concise counseling techniques are necessary.

People with chronic illness are being encouraged to become more involved in their care. For this, they need to be well informed about their medicines, and more written medicines information is becoming available. However, there is little data about its effectiveness and impact. This study examined the patient perspective of medicines information through focus groups of people with asthma. Most participants actively sought medicines information from a variety of professional and lay sources. There were some positive experiences but many examples of partial or total information failure. Individualised information was valued and medicine leaflets were generally seen as less helpful than face-to-face advice. Some felt strongly that patients with long experience should be involved in the development of medicine information leaflets. We conclude that medicine information leaflets do not currently meet the needs of users and that people who take medicines should be involved in their development and testing.

well I think you should not release him back to school because you never know what might happen to him. A close freind of mine died of astma because her mom taught the astma was not to serious and ignored all the signs. You can never be too serious when it comes to family.

First, ask yourself, what is more important...
"my childs health, or my childs education."

Then proceed from there.

Only YOU would know best about what to do with your family and with your child. Sure, his education is important;.... but if his health is failing, w...

First, ask yourself, what is more important...
"my childs health, or my childs education."

Then proceed from there.

Only YOU would know best about what to do with your family and with your child. Sure, his education is important;.... but if his health is failing, what happens with his education? It goes sour, right?

Now, step back and think about what will happen if you take him out of school and he goes back to live with you (at home). You need to care for him and make sure that he takes his medication.

You (MOM), will do what is necessary; as needed.

You would be able to look after him and his meds, and be certain that he does what is needed. Maybe SON should come home?? No??

More for you to do, but certainly caring for your son is important to you.

That is my thought. God Bless, and take care... Happy New Year.

Hi, I would keep him at home for awhile, you are his mother and I think that he needs you right now. Tell him the importance of taking his medicine, get him back on track, and then send him back to school after he is a whole lot better, Does'nt make since to let him go back when he will get sick again. Be a voice of reason for him, have faith it will happen.

he is a grown up just like u and if he doesn't want to take his pills he doesn't i know its hard but he is your son and you should respect what he feels so let him decide.

24 is still yung , but to old for a spaken , i have a inlaw that is 56 and a 30 year drunk . he lost is home and is now a live in inlaw . 30 of fighting and foricing would not help . but now he livs in my house . now he has no place to hide it . and i have all the levarage i need to force a change in his life . you need to do what moms are good at and find your levrage and use it .not threts just good old fashin mom guilt . only u know what your levage is and only u can be the adult use tuff love it might be hard but in...

24 is still yung , but to old for a spaken , i have a inlaw that is 56 and a 30 year drunk . he lost is home and is now a live in inlaw . 30 of fighting and foricing would not help . but now he livs in my house . now he has no place to hide it . and i have all the levarage i need to force a change in his life . you need to do what moms are good at and find your levrage and use it .not threts just good old fashin mom guilt . only u know what your levage is and only u can be the adult use tuff love it might be hard but in the long run u will reep the reword of your sons long lifeand health

you a right, he is an adult. if he does not follow his doctor's orders his disease will get worse

did you coddle him too much, he is a very irresponsible adult. his life is in his own hands!