My husband was diagnosed years ago with COPD and used rescue inhalers for it. The VA put him on Simbacort. He used that twice a day, plus the rescue inhalers 4 -5 times a day. The doctor said his blood work came back with indications of blood cancer and sent him to a cancer specialist.
The cancer doctor did blood work and asked what meds he was on. When he told him Simbacort, he said that was the problem. It has adverse effects - like the blood count. He said to stop using the Simbacort. The blood count normalized.
But, what to do about being able to breathe????? Our daughter introduced us to essential oils. She got him on a blend called Breathe. At first, he would use it several times a day. Gradually, less and less. Now, the only time he has to use it is a situation like wood smoke or intense chemical environments....which is very rare. And he NEVER uses the rescue inhalers now.
Now, we use the oils first for any problems that come up. I want to use natural remedies like oils, herbs and a natural food diet.
I lost 90 lbs by giving up sugar and white flour. Gained back 35 lbs. That’s when doc put me on metformine and thyroid. My goal is to get off of BP med, metformine, and thyroid med.
Good news about your husband. I deal with my asthma with EOs and also avoiding that which aggravates it.
I got my BP normalized with herbs. I can suggest some soon. My numbers were 160-140/100, for quite some time. Now averages about 125/65 unless somethings’ going on. It took a few months, and taking thyroid supporting herbs helped too.
bkmk - for breathing issues