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Star Marie
10/26/09
Star Marie
Category: childhood asthma

13 month old w/ asthma

my 13 month old takes pulmicort, i can't get him to keep the mask on, so I use t he mouth piece and hold it up to his nose area so he breaths it in. is this okay to give it to him this way? will he reap all the benifits of the medicine this way?

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