Information and opinions on Asthma from jama at MyAsthmaCentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/316569 http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/316569/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/316569 http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/316569/79029/spiriva-asthma Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:03:05 -0400 jama i was prescribed spirva by a cardiologist about 3 years ago after finding out my asthma wasn't well controlled and was causing chest pain. He had also took me off asmacort and put me on flovent. He prescribed the spiriva because serevent dicreased my ability to swallow. My new pulm can't understand why i felt better with spirva. and I said, cuz it helps keep my airways open?  that was the first time i have heard that spiriva supposedly... http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/c/316569/79029/spiriva-asthma