ProAir HFA Inhalers Reviews

Please give us back our CFC inhalers. This is like living in ** Germany where no one cares if you live or die. ProAir inhalers get clogged after every few uses. The inhaler doesn't care if you are in the middle of an Asthma attack or not.

I haven't had problems with my asthma since I was 10. It's been under control for the past 9 years until I started using the new inhalers. The ProAir inhalers don't relieve me of an asthma attack in the slightest. I have to use about 10 puffs, then once I can breathe, I then have to administer a nebulizer treatment. About a week after I started using the Proventil inhaler, my asthma got severely worse. I was having attacks three times a day and in the middle of the night - which interfered with my classes and work. I also had constant chest-tightness that I couldn't relieve, even with my nebulizer.

The HFA inhalers do not work for me. They have made my asthma 100 times worse than it has ever been. This is such a helpless feeling that our government would take away a lifesaving medication for the label of going green. It feels like genocide. I have already been documenting my discomfort daily so that my husband has an account of what I have been going through in case I die from my asthma.

Since taking the ProAir HFA inhalers, I have been requiring far more medication to relieve asthma attacks. All too often, instead of relief, the attack worsens and I experience a full-blown asthma episode that requires treatment with the nebulizer. I am missing work almost regularly, and have become more limited in my activity. I cannot trust this inhaler to work in an emergency. I find myself taking more over the counter drugs (Benadryl) to supplement this worthless inhaler.

Proventil HFA Albuterol Inhalers - The new inhalers do not deliver the 200 doses of albuterol which they claim to deliver, and this is fraud. We need to come up with a class action lawsuit. People with asthma are being put at real risk because the drug companies want to sell Advair and want to get away from generic albuterol because it doesn't make them enough of a profit.

Horrible results from inhaler and at twice the price. This is devastating to my family of 4 asthmatics. It is downright evil. Medicine and pharmaceutical companies do not have anybody’s best interest at heart!!! We are going broke on just the co-payment.

These new inhalers do not work. If they are worried about the ozone they could start in any number of places but instead they go after what brings great relief to asthmatics. I have had to go to a breathing machine to get my treatments because the HFA inhalers do not work well or last for any length of time. The cost went from $10.00 per inhaler to 35.00. I do not have insurance and this is a lot considering this is not my only medication. Advair charges 150.00 for 15 days worth of a steroid inhaler. Not only do they hit us at our lungs they aim at our pocketbooks too.

ProAir HFA inhaler was used to try to manage my asthma on January 1, 2009. Since I could not get nor did I have any of the older inhalers left I had to rely solely on this one to try and thwart an all-out, full blown episode. It didn't happen. I am lucky that it happened at home where I had access to my nebulizer.

Have COPD and used Albuterol for most of my life. Works. Now it has been done away with the ProAir HFA that does not work. Makes me sick and I had to go back on Prednisone because I could not breathe. I hope Albuterol will be put back on the market to help people like me who need it to breathe. Also ProAir HFA is much more expensive and I cannot afford it. live on Social Security and my insurance does not cover it. No generic -please find one.

Pharmacy switch Albuterol Oral Inhalation device from CFC driven to HFA driven. Three problems I can see: 1.The price was raised as a new formulation (minor rip off). 2. The new devices go flat, after thirty days. They were all dead with little use (Major hazard). 3. The new propellant is not as effective (Poor Medicine).

Pro-Air HFA inhalers are not doing the job they are intended for: Asthma. Helping people to breathe! Warrick/Armstrong inhalers were working fine. This is a money scam and the EPA be damned! This is A CRIME - and if I never live for my last breath over this alternative - there will indeed be others in line for the lawsuit! What a travesty it truly is when the EPA or whoever is behind it (where is the AMA in all this -seriously??) is more concerned with lining their pockets than with people having the ability to breathe during a possibly fatal asthma attack. I don't care what they say - it is less product than the original and less effective and yet more money??? What I NEED to put into my lungs to breathe - is affecting some unknown ozone layer at some unknown date?? Really? It also clogs!! Just what you need in a rescue inhaler! C'mon people - wake up! !

These new inhalers are terrible. The old one (white or yellow) worked perfect. One puff was usually all I needed. The new red inhaler requires several puffs (since it doesn't dispense very well, if at all). And it doesn't seem to work. I also use it more often and with more puffs each time. And often don't get the same relief I used to get. Hate these things.

I just wanted to let you know how the green movement to save the ozone layer has affected us. My elderly father has been an asthmatic most of his life and now has COPD too. His doctor switched him to the new HFA inhaler. I did not understand what it was, but was soon to find out it did not work. Dad would use it and could not breathe. He would have to rush to his nebulizer and was scared to leave the house because there was no dependable escape to take with him. I decided to find out where they still had his old inhaler. I called Armstrong to find out where the inhaler was available near me. It was only available at Walmart, so I started going there instead.

I have been taking albuterol for practically all my life. It has worked great for me all the time I have used it. I was doing breathing test at the doctors. Several of them within a year period and the person giving me the albuterol says after taking the inhaler my asthma improved significantly. When I take proair it barely helps me at all and it is a lot more expensive. Please help.

I am 34 yrs old and have had severe asthma my entire life. The only thing that works for me is the CFC Albuterol. I have been dreading the day that they stop making my inhalers available. I will die within a month. There is nothing I can do. My doctor won't listen to me. Neither will the pharmacist. There is no one to call, no one to help. And so I sit here just waiting till my lungs literally burst from not being able to breathe. Tractor trailers can billow out 10 tons of black smoke into the atmosphere but my inhalers that have kept me alive are banned? I wonder how many people are going to die before something is done. Inhaling ProAir or any other HFA inhaler is like breathing in cotton. It immediately makes my heart pound and my blood pressure spike and does not relieve my breathing difficulties at all. It makes them worse! And this is what is suppose to sustain the millions of people with asthma???

Just a short note concerning the discontinuation of Albuterol inhalers. My doctor told me the HFA replacements are no better. They will just cost us more, since there is (how convenient) no generic equivalent. That's the bottom line. More money for somebody. I guess it's the environment first, and our health second. I feel it is very unfair.

Please help- I am a 29 year old female who is ready to burst into tears knowing that I may die sooner than later from an asthma attack due to a medication that works better than any other (albuterol inhaler) being discontinued. I have had asthma since I was 4 and always used an albuterol inhaler and it always helped! I have used many other asthma medications and other types of inhalers and none rescue me the way albuterol does. Since the birth of my son, my allergies and asthma have become exacerbated. I was hospitalized three times this year relying on a pro air inhaler. I was able to find a pharmacy that still carried my albuterol- so I requested to have a prescription written that would give me as many as I can get at one time so I can stock up. My son was born with asthma and the thought of the two of us relying on pro air deathly frightens me. I just don't get the relief from the pro air, its like nothing is happening. Is this environmental awareness or population control? We should be able to do something about this!!!!! Other than sit back and die...

Lack of CFC Albuterol inhalers is forcing the use of the new HFA inhalers which are not as effective (don't work) and cost 3 times as much. This is a total scam and has nothing to do with saving the atmosphere. This is putting my life at risk so someone can make more money. Action needs to be taken.

I have been using Albuterol for many years. Last year, around the month of April, I went to get a refill and the pharmacist filled Pro Air instead of Albuterol. He said, "We no longer carry the Albuterol. This is what we will be filling from now on." Well, it cost me a $25.00 co-pay instead of $10.00 and I was using it more often because I was not getting relief in breathing properly and the medicine was half the size I normally got. I started feeling very lightheaded and anxious and then a very bad burning sensation throughout my chest and down my arms. I thought I was going to pass out. Immediately, for the first time in my life, I had a panic attack from fear on how I was feeling and went to the hospital. My blood pressure was through the roof and the Doctor on call gave me 2 Ativan to settle me down.

I am reading about the HFA asthma inhaler complaints on this website, and it appears that most of the complaints are specifically against Pro Air Albuterol HFA. My first HFA inhaler was a Pro Air and it definitely caused me a lot of problems. It irritated my throat and lungs and made me cough a lot worse. I had properly primed the inhaler. I eventually switched to either Proventil HFA or Ventolin HFA and those two brands have worked really well for me. I don't think it's specifically the HFA that's the problem, but ProAir is my specific bad experience.

Was dispensed ProAir HFA as required by federal law to remove CFCs from the environment. 1st use resulted in immediate outbreak of hives and trip to the ER at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Louisville, KY.

I have had asthma for almost 30 years of my life. Each year I get pneumonia induced by my asthma because of the change in season/pollen. Earlier this year I went to the emergency because of my asthma and they gave me a breathing treatment and prescribed Proventil HFA inhaler. Trusting that this would work like my Warrick Albuterol inhaler, I got even sicker because I could not breathe. So I decided to use my Albuterol inhaler and found that it worked much better. This week I noticed that my Albuterol inhaler had expired (I only have to purchase about one a year). So I contacted my doctor for a refill. The nurse advised me that CFA inhalers are no longer sold and that I would have to use the Proventil. I said that it made my asthma worse. In fact, I coughed much harder and louder because my lungs could not get any air, which means that I cannot go to work nor sleep at night.

I have had asthma since I was a child. In the past, I had used a Werner CFC Albuterol rescue inhaler that worked great for me. Now our government has converted to HFA inhalers. I am currently using ProAir and I find that I have to use it more often with much less benefit. It boggles my mind that this change has been made with really no notice to people with respiratory problems. The new inhalers cost three times what the old ones did and that leads me to believe that our government does not care about people's health at all, but only cares about making health insurance and drug company executives rich.

Everyone who needs a refill for their Albuterol is being prescribed ProAir HFA and that product does not work nearly as well as Albuterol did. For many of us, when something triggers an asthma attack, we need help immediately and Albuterol did that - and ProAir doesn't. My personal experience has been that aside from the product not being even half as effective, it may have actually made my condition worse. Forcing a product like ProAir onto people in this way is inexcusable and will result in many ending up in emergency rooms or even possibly dying. It's very important that people know how to contact the FDA - and they do have a toll-free number: 1-888-463-6332 - and a website at FDA.gov.

I believe I will have a fatal asthma attack due to the total ineffectiveness of HFA inhalers. I spend all night long trying to get relief with NO results. I now live scared to death all the time. I am 50 years old and have had asthma ALL my life. Who in the ** made this decision? I pray no one in their life has a fatal asthma attack as a result. Who are we kidding here? What is really going on?? You will never convince me that this is due to the damage to the environment. So, is it the medical profession, the drug companies or what? How can the ENVIRONMENTALISTS get away with this? How about if I take away the air they breathe? GIVE ME A BREAK!!

I have used CFC Albuterol products for 25+ years. Now, I'm forced to use the ProAir HFA as a replacement. This product is not as effective, clogs all the time, and costs 1000% more than old inhaler... yes, 1000% more! I have talked to many doctors and pharmacists and they have heard many complaints from their customers and patients as well. They all just shrug their shoulders as if there is nothing they can do. This is simply unacceptable.

I am 24 years old and I have had asthma all of my life. I have always been prescribed the Albuterol or Ventolin CFC inhaler which has always worked for me. Just recently I had to go to the ER and the doctor wrote me a prescription for the Proventil HFA inhaler. I had tried it before because my sister-in-law had one and we both agreed it did nothing for our attacks. I told the doctor about this and he told me I was crazy, that they were the exact same thing. I made him sign the thing on the prescription that says if the generic form is available that I could get that. Luckily there are still a lot of pharmacies around here that have my generic albuterol CFC inhaler.

The use of HFA propellent is great if it were for spray paint cans (which i believe still use CFC) that is a much greater danger than a puff a couple of times a day from an athsmatic.

I have used albuterol from Warrick for fast relief of ashtma for years and it has worked just fine. I was forced to change to ProAirHFA and the product does not work very well if at all at times. It is very scary when you cannot breath. I now wake up several times a night not being able to breath very well. The ProAir does not despence very well and the product only lasts two weeks, where I have the Warrick brand that would last about 6 months to a year for me. Now I have to use the ProAir every night and sometimes twice a night. Thr product just does not work like it should.

I have had asthma all my life. I control it with albuterol. I am not willing to use a steroid inhaler because two of the side effects would cause serious damage to my body. I recently tried two different HFA inhalers, one made my asthma worse and the other did not work as a rescue inhaler and caused a strange pressure on my temples. I am allergic to ethanol and fail to understand why this is used in an asthma product, as many people are allergic to it.

The CFC albuterol inhalers have been changed to the HFA type of inhalers because it has been reported that they are harmful to the environment. I am a person that believes in protecting the environment at most all costs, except when it comes to individual health needs and what is the best for the individual in prospective to the whole scope of things. I went to an allergy and asthma doctor and they ask me throw away my albuterol inhaler, number one, it was expired and number two, they were switching to a new one. The doctor gave me a sample of the new HFA inhaler (Ventolin or Proventolin) I tried it at home that night and didn't sleep well that night because I wasn't breathing well and feeling much worse than before I used it.

Pro Air caused my throat to swell so that I felt like I was choking. I am on Proventil HFA, my asthma is under control. However, when Tedrol was avaiable I only had to take 1 pill per year because it completely knocked the asthma out and cleared the airways. The inhalers only control the asthma. Pharmacists have told me that many people do not benefit from Pro Air or the new HFA inhalers, and their quality of life has decreased. The pharmacist also said that many people are reacting to the propellant in the inhaler.

I am outraged. I have COPD with Emphasema. The propellent which replaced CFC is awful. I whould like to make these points: The Pro Air is weak. I don't feel it is doing me any good. It is more expensive. I run out of product a lot sooner. Don't tell me that a few squirts of CFC by a bunch of asmatics is going to harm the ozone layer. Show me the figures of how much CFC's we are releasing to the atmosphere and exactly what we are doing to the ozone layer. I want my medicine the way I want it. I'll bet it is insignifant compared to other pollutants and cows.

I have had the same horrible reactions to ProAir HFA. I am glad that it's not just me though of course I'm not happy to learn that others are suffering. My asthma has never been so out of control and CONSTANT. I wake up EVERY NIGHT and can't breathe and half to take at least three inhalations and wait about 15 minutes before I feel safe putting my head back down on the pillow. Sometimes up to an hour of waiting while doing what I can of some slow deep breathing exercises. I have found online pharmacies that still sell the old generic Albuterol and have ordered four of them from Mexico or Canada. I can't even remember now. Good Luck and let's hope that they change their minds about Dec 08

the change from Albuterol to ProAir is not effective

As stated by individuals in this forum, my daughter has suffered more since having to use pro Air The Albuterol was MUCH more cost effective and worked better. We understand about the HFA problems and love our planet too, but I feel medicines for people to breathe need to be left off that list. So many other things are hurting our planet more. Leave the poor asmatics alone and let them have their medicine!! We can't haul a nebulizer around & take that kind of time for a treatment!!

when I first got proair from my pharmacy I was sceptical about it. it was smaller and cost more. when I first took my dosage i did not get the relief that i needed and had to take more. the inhaler did not last as long as my old albuteral did and. Pro air inhaler is very disapointing and should be taken off the market and replaced with the old albuteral inhaler. Or at least a better more cost friendly and more relief inhaler

I dont understand why they took Albuterol off the market, My Doctor gave me the pro-air inhailer as a Fast acting inhailer and it dosent work like it should,Not only do i have to take more then my recomended dosage to get any type of relief, The so called relief that i get is mearly half of what i had got before with my albuterol, I have complained before to my doctor to see if theres anything i can do to get relief and he suggested alot of other alternitives, and i did them all i even lost over 30 pounds to try to controll my asthma, and yet even with the so called Fast acting PRO-AIR inhailer i still have a very hard time breathing,

The inhalers have all been changed to pro air and the inhaler cost 3 times more than the regular albuterol inhalers. The price of the inhaler needs to be lower or another cheaper one needs to be created.

Last summer, 2007, I went to get my Albuterol inhaler filled from Walgreen's and they gave me Pro Air instead. It did not help my severe asthma and had more difficulty breathing, plus had to use more of it to get a little relief, so when I went to get it refilled I told Walgreen's that I wanted the Albuterol and they said Pro Air is what they got. Then I heard about the change that was taking place and the discontinuation of Albuterol, so thank God Acme Pharmacy still has the Albuterol but told me that it will be discontinued in December 2008. I cannot use the Pro Air and as a result my breathing peak flow will drop seriously and probably will have to go to ER because I don't have the proper inhaler.

I used the Pro-Air HFA inhaler since last January (2007.) Since then my asthma attacks have increased and I have had three bouts with pneumonia, two of which I had to be hospitalized. Before using Pro-Air HFA I had always been able to stop an attack with my albuteral inhaler. I had never had to visit the ER for asthma. But now I have become all too familiar with my local ER. I even had to go to an emergency room while I was visiting friends out of state.

This PRO-AIR inhaler is completely useless. It never works. It's glogged 9 1/2 times out of ten and my asthma is worse then EVER. I hear that I have NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO USE THIS PIECE OF JUNK. I think that I deserve a choice and MY MONEY BACK FOR EVERYONE SINCE MY ALBUTEROL IS NO LONGER A CHOICE. I show up at my pharmacy one day and they tell me YUP THIS IS IT...BEST OF LUCK TO YA.

The first few HFA inhalers just flat didn't work. The powder would shoot up the red holder instead of into my lungs. I hate these new inhalers, not to mention I am uninsured and the cost is outrageous. Costs too much and my confidence in my ability to deal effectively with my asthma has plummetted. I dont work out for fear these new inhalers will fail me when I need them.

Since the forced switch to the HFA albuterol, my daughter's asthma symptoms at night have become worse. On 8/7/08, she tried to take her rescue puffs, but the inhaler was clogged. It is also not as effective as the older generic albuterol.

I was forced to switch to a HFA Inhaler.

I have asthma as long as I can remember, years ago there was a fast acting medication called isoprel that was fast acting to prevent an asthma attack. They took that off the market because they claimed it was habit forming. Which was just unbelieveable to me, it was only used for the purpose of preventing an asthma attack. Now was forced to take albuterol which never worked in the same way but did help as far as quick acting and preventing an attack. They took that away from me and forced to take pro air HFA.

Having been taken off of my old generic Albuterol inhaler which contained CFC's, I have been on a variety of HFA inhalers since July of 2007, most notably ProAir HFA. I have also tried Proventil HFA, and most recently, Ventolin HFA. After a full year on these new rescue HFA inhalers, I can honestly conclude they DO NOT WORK as the old CFC inhalers did. I am also forced to use far more of the recommended dosage to achieve a fraction of the relief I used to receive with a single puff of the old CFC in haler. Also, I believe my asthma has seriously worsened as a result.

My daughter and I both have asthma. We were forced to switch from the Albuterol Inhaler to the new ProAir HFA. It does not work for either of us. I can not imagine that the original inhalers that helped relieve asthmatics did enough harm to the ozone layer to put all of us in so much danger.

I've had mild, allergic, nightime asthma for 40 years. Until 1985, I was given cortisone to control my asthma (injections). I started having bad reactions to it by 1985. Primatine Mist has always worked for me. I only need it at night so I can breathe. Now the FDA is trying to pull it off the shelves and I have been forced to use Albuterol and Levelalbuterol Tartrate. Both drugs caused a paradoxical reaction and I had to find Primatine Mist to reverse this scary condition! I used the Albuterol for 2 months, trying to give it a chance to work and ended up using it all day and night with conjestion that I've never had before and heartburn. After 2 months, I was in the shower and couldn't breathe at all!

I have had asthma for 20 years and have always used the albuterol inhalers and had to recently switch to the new HFC inhalers. I have tried 3 different ones and none of them work. After using them I have chest pain and even more difficulty breathing and have needed to use a nebulizer which I haven't needed except for 4 times in the past 20 years. I am all for helping the environment, but helping people with asthma is much more than the environment.

When I went to refill my albuterol prescription in May of 2008, I was told that only the ProAir HFA were available. I had no choice but to switch. These inhalers are useless. I went through an entire inhaler in one month. I'm half way through my second one now. It would be gone except that I noticed Primatene Mist actually works BETTER. I've always referred Primatene as crack for your lungs, but if I'm ever out without an inhaler and have an attack, it's a necessary evil. But the ProAir is so bad that that I actually reach for the Primatene first. It makes my lungs hurt and gives me awful headaches (and the occasional upper respiratory infection), but at least it'll open me up. ProAir is completely ineffective. Half the time the dispenser does even work.

someone, or a lot of us, are going to die if we do not get our old rescue inhalers back. they are screwing with someones breathing here. think about that. i am having trouble just typing this and i am 39 years old and scared.

Over all, I had a general feeling of malaise and was taking about 4 to 5 Advils every day for several months and it took about a year before I felt like my old self again. There is something in this new formulation that I am allergic to and I WILL NOT be using the HFA product again. Missed time at work, made 2 emergency room trips and several office visits to allergists, a gereral practitioner and a pulmonologist in an effort to find answers. This HFA inhaler took away my quality of life for about a year and all for political reasons.

I have been reluctant to switch to the new inhaler, a: having one that works, b: stockpiling my rescue inhaler, which is the Warrick Abuterol, and c: I'm positive that the ONLY deterrent to the ozone layer were asthmatics using this inhaler. However, I have just about run out of Warrick inhalers, and begun taking the proair as a resuce inhaler.

I've been switched to the Proventil HFA inhaler and I'm actually surprised that so many people are unhappy with it! I really love it, I actually think it works better than any of my past inhalers did! It's really great, If I'm having any symptoms, I take it, and within a few minutes I feel fine. My old inhalers took a lot longer, and sometimes didn't change anything, but I'd been using them for so long that I thought thats what an albuterol inhaler was.

These things are HORRIBLE! I was using an average of 2 ibuterol inhalers a YEAR.... I'm about to get my 3rd HFA inhaler refill since FEBRUARY! This stuff doesn't work. It is ineffective. Pointless... in fact, I think it's made my breathing worse. BRING BACK IBUTEROL, PLEASE!

The new HFA Albuterol asthma inhalors DO NOT WORK, My asthma had been well under control and I had enjoyed many activities, basketball,softball, walking, as well as caring for my 4 children. Now just walking to the car or strolling in back yard has me gasping for air, sleeping is very difficult also.

These new inhalers with the HFA do not work. I have had asthma since I was 12. I am now 37 and have been using albuterol as my rescue inhaler. Now that they have changed the delivery propellant, I find myself gagging afterward, and using a lot more; and at times makes my asthma worse.

I too have switched from the standard albuterol inhaler to the Pro Air inhaler for my rescue inhaler for my asthma. at first i really didnt like it, especially the price ($32!! as opposed to the $8 inhaler i was used to!.

My wife has chronic asthma and copd. She must use the albuterol inhalers to breathe properly. Last year our Pharmacy replaced her regular inhaler with the Pro Air HFA inhaler. I have since learned that the FDA is going to BAN her regular inhaler at the end of 2008!

I recently took my daughter in for her 4 year old wellness physical check up, her Pediatrician said he was going to write her a new Rx for an inhaler ProAir HFA,

For the past 15 years. I have relied on the Proventil brand of albuterol USP Inhalation Aerosol Bronchodilator Aerosol to give me relief from potentially life threatening asthma attacks. In the Fall of 2007, I tried to refill a prescription for the original Proventil CFC rescue inhaler and was told that the pharmacy could not fill it because it had been discontinued and they had no more left in stock. I then called another pharmacy to ask if they had any Proventil and was told that they could fill my prescription with a new version of Proventil having the propellant, HFA. So, I had my prescription transferred and filled with the new Proventil HFA.

The new inhalers are not effective. I am scared for my health once they ban the old albuterol inhalers. They are still selling the old ones through December of 2008, so I am trying to stock up as much as I can. I am a huge environmentalist, so I appreciate that the government is trying to ban a product that gives off CFCs, but at the same time, I am scared of the consequences to my health.

I have had my suspicions that the new inhalers were not working. My sons asthma has been terrible this summer. He has needed the rescue inhaler more often than usual and is getting little relief from it. I am worried we are going to end up in the er because of its inefficiency. It is far more expensive and within a few months looses its strength to be worthless. He is taking multiple doses and still having problems unlike the Albuterol when one puff would usually be sufficient and two would resolve any problems. There needs to be an alternative to this medication. It seems negligent on the part of the pharmaceutical companies to put it mildly. These are lives at stake and potentially huge hospital bills that can result from this. The cost to life and finances is more dire than the small environmental issue here.

I have been hospitalized 4 times in the past 18 months because of the new inhalers. I need my old albuterol inhaler back. Don't the insurance companies get it?? Their costs of soaring because of this...

Proair does not work. I have to use more than I did with the Albuterol inhaler. The size is smaller, and cost is over three times as much. I would like to have Albuterol back. Why can't I have a choice in my healthcare. Had to stop working my profession that I have done for over 26 years, because of ineffectivness of Proair. Currently out of work.

My pharmacy replaced my old albuterol inhaler with a new HFA inhaler. Not only was it ineffective but actually caused an asthma attack. Besides coughing for hours, side effects included nausea, stomach ache, rapid heart rate, chest pain, burning sensation in my lungs.

The only substitute I have found is ingesting large amounts of caffeine. This does help control the asthma, but also has side effects such as raising my blood pressure. I don't know why they can't make an exception considering the very small amount of CFC in each inhaler, and the fact that most of it is consumed, not released into the air. If there will be a class action lawsuit regarding this, I am interested.

I have been on albuterol for while and it took care of my asthma. They switch me to ProAir and I was hospitalized for seven days. I nearly died. This ProAir does not work. It's making asthma patient worst off than they were. This abuse has to STOP. I am now on a daily regimen of advair and combivent to manage my asthma

I am having very bad asthma attacks due to the new inhalers. I am unable to work and function due to these wonderful new inhalers.

My daughter has activity induced asthma. She was given the new Pro Air Hfa inhaler. She took it 30 minutes before a basketball game. She then had an attack, took two more puffs and still wasnt working by this time she was panicking. Thought I would have to take her to an ER but she did have a CFC warrick inhaler left over so she took 2 more puffs of that. Now I was worried she would over dose.

The new HFA inhalers are a joke. They're completely ineffective. I've been on them for a year and my asthma is worse now than it was when I was a child. The propellant they use now releases the medicine at a slower rate so you have to breathe in deeper and longer to get the full dose, which is not something someone having an asthma attack can do. I woke this morning to an asthma attack at 4 a.m. and ended up having to take about five shots of Proventil HFA before it even made a dent in my airways. Not to mention the horrible side effects that I get now on the new inhaler. Heart palpitations, racing pulse and fabulous nausea. How the FDA and the rest of the world can lump in medically essential devices with unnecessary household products like hairspray and room sprays is beyond me. An issue like this shouldn't be put in black and white. There needs to be an exception to the rule. Let's get the old CFC inhalers back and give asthmatics the relief and peace of mind we so desperately need.

Does anyone know of a class action suit reguarding the cfc inhalers. I need mine back. I have been on albuterol for about 10 years now. After the switch my heart rate has changed dramaticly, my breathing overall has deteriorated quite a bit. I want the old cfc inhaler back. I know one person does not constitute a change, but when millions of people can not tollerate these inhalers, there needs to be a change.

I have asthma; specifically, COPD and I've been using Albuterol for many years. Just recently, the albuterol has been replaced by a product called Pro-Air.

This stuff made my asthma worse and I thought I was dying...came close to going to the ER twice and then my husband thought maybe it was the new inhaler...this stuff made my asthma worse, I was dizzy, nauseated and felt like passing out...I was gasping for air. This is crap...we need to discontinue the HFA albuterol inhaler and keep the warrick one...there are going to be many deaths from this inhaler...and I am terrified that it is going off the market...what will I or anyone be able to use instead...we will just keal over and die thanks to the manufacturers of this HFA inhaler.

I went to Sam's Club to pick up my prescription for my inhaler, not knowing the change went into effect. I had my exact change of $6.16, and they told me the charge was today was $43.50 or something like that. I was stunned. I asked why, and they told me that the new medication was being dispersed now. Well, I paid for it and left, completely upset. I do not have insurance so it cost me almost nine times as much. I see how it goes: you take something out and raise the price. That was the just the start of the problem. After trying it, I realized it worked nowhere near as good as my Warrick inhaler; and since my other inhaler worked great and was cheap, it worked out well since I had to buy one monthly. Instead of needing them monthly, I went to need a new one about every 2 weeks. But, of course, with the price I am not able to afford it. Does any one remember Primatene mist that was/is on the market? Just my opinion, but I have tried it, and it is very similar to the new pro air inhaler. It doesn't work that well, either, but at least is a lot cheaper, Ibelieve. It used to be around $15.

I recently switched to ProAir HFA, and not only is this medicine four times more expensive than the CFC version, but it also gives me serious nausea after taking it. So do I breathe--or have a tremendous stomach ache for a hour or so? The FDA needs to get the CFC version of the Albuterol inhaler back on the market. If the government was so worried about the ozone then why start with hair spray and inhalers? They should have started with the automobile. I'm sure the amount of CFC propellant in a MILLION canisters of asthma medication doesn't even come close to the amount a hummer throws out on a basic commute.

The Proair inhaler does not work and is more expensive than old inhalers which are banned.

I used the new Exubera inhaled insulin according to all the rules and it never worked as well as my regular insulin injectons. I was told to increase the dosage which I did and it still did not work well. I developed a sore which turned into a wound which was infected on my right ankle/heel and it still won't heal up completely after over four months.

Not only did the HFA inhalers worsen my asthma, I broke out with a rash which almost looked like a chemical burn on my hands each time I made the switch (3 different times), experiencing extreme nausea at the same time. I am apparently allergic to the new formulation. Proventil HFA did not relieve my 14-year-old's Asthma attack in PE last year. I made an emergency run to the school. How can the FDA make such changes and put our kids at risk?

I live in Milwaukee and I have asthma. Recently my inhaler was abruptly changed without my knowledge or consent to ProAir HFA. After researching why the change happened, I found that the CFC propellants in medical inhalers such as mine are being banned. I cannot tolerate the ProAir HFA and it actually made my asthma worse. I fear that others who have been switched to HFA propelled inhalers are having increased asthma symptoms, and may not even realize why.

I guess I am one of the people who cannot use any HFA product when I am having an asthma attack. I have been on all of them and thus far, they don't open up my airway. I've tested them knowing that I had my CFC Warrick Albuterol at hand. I've given them the best and most honest try that I am able to.

Having more tests done because of chest pain-EKG and now Stress ecko!