Introducing Asthmaniac: Your Partner in Asthma Control

Asthmaniac is more than just an asthma clinic – it’s your dedicated asthma doctor, available online for your convenience. If you’re a new asthma patient, here’s what you need to know about Asthmaniac:

What is Asthmaniac?

• Your Online Asthma Doctor: Asthmaniac.com is not just a website; it’s your virtual asthma primary care clinic. Our approach is centered on your asthma, providing affordable, convenient, and reliable care.

• National Standards: Asthmaniac follows the national quality standards developed at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This ensures that your care is based on the latest research and guidelines.

• Phone and Video Visits: Harnessing the power of your phone, Asthmaniac offers phone and video-based encounters. This makes your care engaging and accessible from the comfort of your home.

Asthmaniac: Your Solution to Asthma Control

Asthmaniac.com is more than just an online clinic; it’s a comprehensive solution to help you gain control over your asthma. Here’s how Asthmaniac is tailored to meet your needs:

• Focus on Asthma Control: Asthmaniac stands out with its 100% focus on asthma. By concentrating solely on asthma care, we ensure a deep understanding of the most modern techniques for asthma control and patient education.

• National Standards-Based: Built around well-defined National Standards for Asthma Care, Asthmaniac’s recommendations are state-of-the-art, evidence-based, and aligned with the latest clinical practices.

• Telemedicine Methods: Leveraging smartphone and telemedicine methods, Asthmaniac eliminates the need for in-person clinic visits. This approach not only reduces costs but also enhances the convenience of accessing care from anywhere.

• No Insurance Needed: Asthmaniac believes in making asthma care accessible. By keeping insurance companies out of the equation, we ensure fair and reasonable costs for your out-of-pocket expenses.

• Electronic Prescriptions: Embracing modern technology, Asthmaniac sends electronic medication prescriptions directly to your pharmacy. Say goodbye to paper prescriptions and enjoy efficient, convenient care.

• Online Symptom Assessment: Asthmaniac integrates proven online symptom assessments, such as the Asthma Control Test (ACT), into its clinic. You can take the test anytime, providing valuable insights into your asthma control.

• Peak Expiratory Flow: Monitoring your lung function is crucial. Asthmaniac utilizes peak flow meters to detect early changes in lung function, guiding adjustments in medication and action plans.

Follow-up Care is Key

Asthma control requires consistent follow-up care. Asthmaniac simplifies this process with easy phone-based follow-up visits, ensuring that your asthma management remains on track.

Asthma Action Plan

Active involvement is essential for asthma control. Asthmaniac develops a personalized Asthma Action Plan that evolves with your changing needs, providing a roadmap for optimal self-management.

Why Asthmaniac?

Asthma, though controllable, often receives inadequate care. Asthmaniac addresses this gap with:

• Consistent, Quality Strategies: Asthmaniac provides reliable strategies for asthma control, following guidelines from the NIH.

• Expert Guidance: With over three decades of experience, Asthmaniac offers expert guidance through its blog section at Asthmaniac.com. Subscribe for regular updates and expert insights.

If you’re ready to take control of your asthma, Asthmaniac is here for you.

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Why do we use steroids in asthma?

* Inflammation of the airways is the underlying problem in asthma

* Steroids like Prednisone and Decadron are taken by mouth

* Steroids like betamethasone and fluticasone are inhaled like albuterol.

* Steroids are used to control inflammation in asthma

* Lung inflammation in moderate asthma can be controlled but not cured.

The basic problem in asthma lungs is inflammation.

Inflammation means swelling, oozing, and fragility of the lining of breathing tubes.

This inflammation leads to extra mucus production and this mucs, along with swelling in the walls of these tubes, creates a extra resistance to air flow.  

When these breathing tubes are inflammed with swelling and mucus, the effort to move air, especially out of the lungs, can be exhausting.

My goal is to help you keep a lid on this inflammation.  The tendency for it to get out of control will always be there – that’s the way asthma is.

But, with the right medication and avoidance of triggers, you can stay out of the ER, get restful sleep, and be as active as an olympic athlete!

Now, when the inflammation is out of control, we have only one choice.

SHUT IT DOWN.

The most potent and fast acting medicine we have for this is corticosteroids.  

We say steroids for short.  

This isn’t the type of steroids injected by weight lifters to make big muscles – those are called anabolic steroids..  

Corticosteroids work inside the walls of breathing tubes to block the inflammation process.

They work, but their action is not immediate.

Prednisone and Dexamethasone are the most common forms used in non-hospitalized asthma patients.

These steroids are taken by mouth, or if your breathing is really bad, they are given intravenously.

Either medicine must be taken for 3-5 days straight for the full effect.

After these medicines shut down the inflammation process in the breathing tubes, we are in a position to launch a new asthma action plan that includes stronger controller medicine in the form of inhaled steroids, also called controllers.

These inhaled corticosteroids have dramatically changed the course of asthma.  

Lives have been saved and many days of disrupted sleep, work, & school have been prevented. 

For more severe asthma sufferers, there are new medications – biologics, that make even more dramatic improvements in severe asthma control.    

For most moderate asthma patients, inhaled corticosteroids will be a cornerstone of their asthma action plan.

Finding the right type of steroid, the frequency that works, and the one that you and your insurance company accept is a really important part of asthma care.

If you are using your albuterol rescue inhaler daily and aren’t using a steroid inhaler, you need one.  

If you are using your albuterol rescue inhaler more than two times per week and you ARE on a steroid inhaler, you need a change that delivers more steroid either per dose or more times per day.

If you are ready to make a change, grab an appointment and lets talk!

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WE ALL DO!

What does “affordable” mean?

It could be what you pay out-of-pocket before you have met your deductable (assuming you have health insurance).

Or,

If you don’t have health insurance, you probably think of affordability in the following ways:

… what it costs to go to the ER (thousands?!!),

… what it costs to see a regular doctor (assuming you can find one that will give you an appointment, around $150)

…  what it costs to go to an urgent care (around $150).

Well, I can do better than that.  I charge my asthma patients $50 per visit. 

Yep, $50 per visit. 

If you have pretty well controlled asthma and I see you as recommended 4 times a year, you’ll be dishing out $200 in cash. 

Oh, and with Asthmaniac, it is all online/on-the-phone, and all about asthma.  

If you are looking for top quality asthma care at an unbeatable price with back-pocket convenience, Asthmaniac is your ‘clinic’!

As with other chronic diseases, affordability is important for Asthma Control

* The cost of asthma control can be a barrier:

* Many costs of asthma care can exceed what those without insurance can afford.  These include:

* The cost of asthma medication.

* The cost of doctor visits

* The cost pulmonary function testing.

I endeavor to keep my consults to you AFFORDABLE.

I am constantly looking for the best way to get you medication that fits your budget. 

The cost of medical care is a big deal.

People have lost their homes due to medical bills. And during this recession, it’s even worse.

People in the US routinely postpone medical care because of the cost.

So while I am focused on accurately diagnosing your asthma and prescribing essential medication, I can’t lose sight of the costs to you.

All of my effort, logic, dedication, training and energy are completely undone if you cannot afford a consultation with me in the first place.

My commitment in the design of Asthmaniac is to keep the price you pay for visits with me, fair and reasonable.

I do not control the cost of asthma medicine but will do all I can to find discounted medication for my patients.

Many of my patients do not have health insurance to pay for medical care. 

This means they have to pay cash for their care.  When balancing how to spend their cash, they have to find the best value for their medical care.

That means getting the most for the least.

Even patients with high-deductible health insurance have to pay out-of-pocket until their deductible is met. So they too are interested in the best value.

I am committed to designing a method that asthma patients can actually use.

A method they can AFFORD!

A method that keeps them breathing deeply, sleeping soundly, and striding through their days with new confidence in managing their asthma.

Asthmaniac is that method.

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#telemedicineasthmacare
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#childrenandasthma
#eprescription
#easthma
#peakexpiratoryflow
#peakflowmeter
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