I've changed two parts of my daily routine recently... and although I was skeptical, both seem to be working nicely so far, knock wood.
The first? My asthma medication. I've taken Albuterol, aka Proventil or Ventolin or Salbutamol, for as long as I can remember. Seriously, I don't ever recall not having an inhaler. Lately, though, my father's been on my case that there are a lot of newer, more effective asthma medicines which have less severe side effects. (I've had a minor case of the shakes for as long as I can remember, too, and it's known to be a side effect of the medicine.)
So when I was at the doctor's office Wednesday, as a follow up for the back problems and also more of a general check-up, I asked for a change in my asthma medicine and was given a sample and a prescription for Advair and told that my use of the albuterol is an addiction to it as much as anything else. My doctor essentially forbade me from using it. And so far, since starting the new stuff, I really haven't even wanted to use the old stuff at all. Surprise!
The other switch is more mundane: I was at the drug store the other day, as I needed some deoderant/anti-perspirant... and they seem to be phasing out the kind I've used for a long time. Then I thought to myself, "Self, it never worked all that amazingly well anyhow." (I know, you're thinking, "Ew, TMI!" -- Get over it - it worked just fine.) So the new stuff seems to be working well, probably better than the old stuff... Now I can raise my hand... I'm Sure! (Sorry, that was corny...)
So that's that... and we see that change can be a good thing at The Jon Blog.
Posted by Jon at September 10, 2004 11:57 AM | TrackBack