How does cold air affect lungs.

[DCLane]

Inhalers aren't banned - at least to my knowledge anyway.

It depends which one. The 'green' one (Salmeterol) I think is; I've got to apply to a TUE when I get round to racing.

The blue (Salbuterol) and the brown I think are OK.

 

[kerndog]

i like legs

 

[Lard Armstrong]

the cold affects me, always has, sometimes its worse than other times. When i played rugby it would happen, throat would be really sore at times, tried inhalers but didnt help, a warm drink sometimes does, often ill take a warm juice on a ride with me

Same here. I commute 9 miles each way and the last few weeks have been purgatory. The impact is that I cough, am short of breath and consequently get hotter and find it really hard to hold even an easy pace.
But...
I still DO IT, so don't give ups because it's hard........

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

It depends which one. The 'green' one (Salmeterol) I think is; I've got to apply to a TUE when I get round to racing.

The blue (Salbuterol) and the brown I think are OK.

I'm surprised they accept the 'brown' one given it is a steroid inhaler. (I take the dark red one, which is basically a stronger version of the brown one and that is what has caused my Addison's disease, but then I take the equivalent of the dark brown one twenty times a day.)
I had to stop taking the green one (salmeterol) due to it causing heart flutters & palpitations on a very regularly basis (2 or 3 times a day towards the end).

 

[david k]

Same here. I commute 9 miles each way and the last few weeks have been purgatory. The impact is that I cough, am short of breath and consequently get hotter and find it really hard to hold even an easy pace.
But...
I still DO IT, so don't give ups because it's hard........

yeh i find the trick is to ride at a pace that doesnt mean im breathing too heavy as thi sis what causes it, on a warmer day its no issue and i can push it then

something warm round your throat or even your mouth can help

 

[Garz]

I'm surprised they accept the 'brown' one given it is a steroid inhaler. (I take the dark red one, which is basically a stronger version of the brown one and that is what has caused my Addison's disease, but then I take the equivalent of the dark brown one twenty times a day.)
I had to stop taking the green one (salmeterol) due to it causing heart flutters & palpitations on a very regularly basis (2 or 3 times a day towards the end).

I have only known of the brown and blue ones. If there are more hardcore varieties then I guess the realm of becoming an enhancer rather than an enabler require some debating.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I have only known of the brown and blue ones. If there are more hardcore varieties then I guess the realm of becoming an enhancer rather than an enabler require some debating.

if you follow my link on Addison's it actually works in reverse. my body no longer produces enough natural steroids and therefore now needs additional steroid use just to bring my levels back to normal, so for a while it works as an enhancer, but in the long run it actually is a disadvantage (other than the fact it keeps me alive which I suppose could be seen as a disadvantage by some !)

 

[Garz]

if you follow my link on Addison's it actually works in reverse. my body no longer produces enough natural steroids and therefore now needs additional steroid use just to bring my levels back to normal, so for a while it works as an enhancer, but in the long run it actually is a disadvantage (other than the fact it keeps me alive which I suppose could be seen as a disadvantage by some !)

Totally understand SNSSO, however it seems some others get the green eyes if they see it as I suppose it could be abused for marginal gains. The majority of folk need these products to function as a normal person, not to get ahead of the sprint pack!

 

[Lard Armstrong]

Corticosteroids (e.g Asthma sprays, hydrocortisone ointment, etc) are not the same thing as Anabolic steroids. It's easy to confuse the two, but they do very different things.

 

[mrandmrspoves]

Corticosteroids (e.g Asthma sprays, hydrocortisone ointment, etc) are not the same thing as Anabolic steroids. It's easy to confuse the two, but they do very different things.

Indeed easy to get them confused......always be careful that you are not talking a load of anabolics!