Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:   
      
   [WRT reposting a message which went missing in transit]   
   AH>  Go for it!  That will make it easier for me to reply   
   AH>  as well.  :-))   
      
   DS>  Thank goodness I can type this, instead of writing it   
   DS>  out...writers cramp is a bear.    
      
      
             Ah... you must have retyped the whole thing.  I was hoping you might   
   be able to copy the earlier message without retyping.  Thankyou....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  And, my apologies in advance for the length of the   
   DS>  message.   
      
      
             No problem.  That way I can break my reply into installments... thus   
   ensuring you know I'm still paying attention & creating more traffic.  I think   
   you've added some more recent information as well.   
      
             My apologies for taking so long to answer....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  First, in January, I had to go to the Emergency Room for   
   DS>  a bout of severe bronchitis. I took a nebulizer treatment,   
   DS>  similar to what asthmatics do on a daily basis,   
      
      
             I know or have known a number of people with asthma, and it seems to   
   me that daily treatments including the ingredient which made you feel good are   
   less often used than they once were because we have other alternatives now.  I   
   understand what you mean, though.  The newer drugs don't work for everybody...   
   *and* they may have to accumulate in the body for awhile before taking effect.   
   Many asthmatics carry another puffer for emergency or short term use, and that   
   is what you'd be most likely to see when you're visiting with friends....  :-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  and they gave me strong antibiotics, which took care   
   DS>  of it, and I was better a week or so later.   
      
      
             Thus lulling you into a false sense of security.  Been there.  ;-)   
      
      
      
   DS>  That bill was under $100. With that nebulizer, I felt   
   DS>  like I was "smoking an Indian Peace Pipe".    
      
      
             Uh-huh.  These remedies may contain epinephrine... i.e. another name   
   for adrenaline... or (more likely) a synthetic approximation.  According to my   
   BANTAM MEDICAL DICTIONARY it relaxes bronchial spasms & helps a person breathe   
   more deeply.  I hadn't heard of it being used for bronchitis until now.  But I   
   see how it might be helpful if there's a "pain/fear" cycle or whatever.   
      
             Because tobacco stimulates the adrenal glands, thus increasing one's   
   own production of adrenaline, I think your analogy is a good one... [chuckle].   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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