What effective treatments existed for asthmatic organisms prior to the availabillity of contemporary standard treatments?
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Before current standards Cortison was much more common, often with theophylline. That would have been the recipe in the 80/90 in a lot of countries, with the first beta2 sympathomimetics coming up(Fenoterol).
Before that (60-70ies)theophylline and Ephedrine were often given solo, sometimes with a barbiturate to counter the simulant, also prednisone started to gain traction.Before that my sources didn't offer much,but Datura stramonium (Thornapple) was often used for ages - mostly smoked.
Nice article here,but it contains some errors:
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Suffering through I guess? Although just breathing in as much as you can and holding your breath as long as possible is a trick that my mum uses sometimes if she doesn't have her inhaler on her when she needs it so maybe that?
People died. Asthma is much more dangerous than you think..
