asthma with angina

[dpsaha]

Hi! My mother is suffering from asthma with angina. She is 70. She is taking nitroglycerin tab twice for angina since 1995. But recently she got asthma. But salbutamol causes angina attacks. Please tell me how to manage it.

dpsaha

[Maria RN]

Hi. There are other medicines for asthma. Perhaps you should talk to your mom's doctor about your concerns on the possible side effects of the medicines that your mom is currently taking. Here is a link about asthma: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_Treatments.html