should i use this medicine the doctor gave me?

Asthma medicine increases the risk of dying from asthma?

My daughter has asthma and I refuse to give her simbicort

Why? That is cruel. It is extremely tough not being able to breathe properly.

I didn’t say she’s not on any meds, she takes albuteral inhaler, and in her machine, and she takes singular

Of course, follow your prescription. Trust your doctor. Goodluck and hoping you get well :)

But make sure not to take an overdose o.o

Every medication has benefits and risks. While doctors are trained to determine if a medication’s benefits outweigh its risk in the end your health is your responsibility.

Symbicort and similar medications (Advair, Serevent, Foradil) did show higher rates of death from asthma complications than placebo. This risk is large enough that long acting bronchodilators like Symbicort now have black box warnings on the packages and the FDA recommends these medications only for patients who have asthma that can not be controlled by other medications.

It sounds to me like you need to discuss your treatment more with your doctor. You both should be on the same page. You should find out why this particular medication was selected. Sometimes doctors do get so used to prescribing a particular medication that they continue to even after new studies indicate lower efficacy or higher risk than previously thought.

uhm? it’s an inhaler. It would be very difficult to overdose on it.

I forgot sarcasm doesn’t really go through the internet.. my bad :)