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Interesting Study on Asthma – Albuterol Vs Placebo

Sometimes the medical industry does do some interesting tests, although in this case it was funded by the “National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH].

So – what was done?

The 39 patients who completed the study (7 dropped out) – were placed on visits randomly  into one of four groups.  One was given albuterol by inhaler, next a placebo inhaler,  next was “sham” acupunture, and final group “no intervention”.

Each patient had 12 visits to the clinic and was given treatment from one of the groups above each time.

Each visit Maximum forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) was measured and the patients self-reported improvement ratings were recorded.  This does seem a bit confusing – but you can read the article in the New England Journal of Medicine for yourself.

Results:  those given albuterol had an increase of 20% in FEV1, and the other 3 interventions averaged 7% improvement in FEV1.  This is sort of interesting – but there is more.

In the patients self reporting of improvement after the treatments – the improvement was statistically the same for albuterol, placebo inhaler and sham acupuncture.  The people who had “no intervention” improved by 7% after that non-treatment.

FEV1 Disconnected From Asthma Improvements?

So – firstly.  FEV1 appears NOT to be good predictor of improvements in patients self reported condition.

For several decades many groups have railed against the validity of this measure of how hard you can blow.  It is not that useful – and according Buteyko this breathing test will worsen asthma.  [If there is a component of hyperventilation in asthma - and this is clearly the case - then blowing as hard as you can is nuts.  If you want to initiate an asthma attack - just do a number of FEV1 tests in a short period of time?  {Don't do this without medical supervision].  This study infers that the test has little relationship to the patients self reported improvements after albuterol.

The next issue is that this test suggests that both sham acupunture and placebo inhalers have the same level of power on the patients self measured improvements as does albuterol.

“Unless you control your breathing after using an inhaler, you may as well spray it in your ear!”

I could like to colour this discussion with some advice I received from a useful doctor about 15 years ago when I had asthma.  He said ‘Unless you control your breathing after using an inhaler, you may as well spray it in your ear.”  So I was taught to stop breathing so heavily AFTER using my inhaler.

Years later after studying Buteyko, this evolved into reducing my breathing BEFORE I used the inhaler, and if I still needed the inhaler (which became rare within days), to indeed reduce my breathing after it even more.

I am certain that if we examined exactly what happened with the posture and control of breathing levels in the people who received the “sham” treatments – we would find that they reduced their breathing.  If you were about to get stuck with some needles – would you keep more still?  I certainly would.

And if you have been trained to calm your breathing after using an inhaler [even a placebo one), you would certainly  have done so for this study.

So – not really a surprise that these two placebo groups had the same “real world” improvements as the albuterol.    Nor is it a surprise that the FEV1 is not a good predictor of people’s self assessed improvement in asthma symptoms.

How to “Grow Out of Asthma”..

Have I given you some clues about how simple it really can be to cause asthma to simply “go away”.  Could something as simple as calming your breathing – as in “be still like someone was going to stick you with needles and see what happens to your asthma” – make a difference?

Absolutely YES!   Download the children’s chapter from my How to grow out of asthma as quickly as humanly possible – it is free – and see just how simple an effective training can be.  It is a matter of linking the symptoms with breathing “like an elephant” – and then “not doing that”.  Breathe like a “little mouse”.

I am not saying throw away your drugs.  I am saying make some slight changes in how you breathe – and notice that your asthma symptoms reduce – you “grow out of asthma”.

You can buy my Manual – it comes with the guarantee that if you give it a try and do not get a great improvement – immediate and “weasel-free” refund.   Your biggest risk is to not use your own brain and ask yourself  ”what am I doing that may be making the asthma come?”

Do Your Deserve an Oscar for Your Portrayal of an Asthmatic?

If you were an actor and I asked you to portray an asthmatic – what would you do?  Would there be some “elephant breathing” – lots of mouth breathing, noisy breathing, big movements of the breathing muscles even at rest?  When I see people acting asthma it irritates the heck out of me – because it is so obvious.

Regards

James Hooper

How To Grow Out of Asthma As Quickly As Humanly Possible How To Grow Out Of Asthma As Quickly As Humanly Possible: Proven Simple Steps To Growing Out Of Asthma Using The Buteyko Method

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