Developed asthma in my early forties along with a severe allergy to perfumes or basically the chemical base in them. Had cats as a kid and early twenties but never had a problem and now have four dogs. I got tested and took allergy shots for nine years and a pulmonary specialist tired a number of medications until we hit on Advair. It is a miracle drug as far as I'm concerned. It is to prevent asthma attacks but useless once it hits. I used to live on albuterol and prednisone and maybe I might use the albuterol once a year if I get a bad cold. My doctor also advised if I was going to actively exert myself to give myself a couple of puffs of albuterol before the exercise so you might try that.

This is over a twenty year period now so I'm obviously sold on the benefits of Advair.