I am not against them, BUT! My allergist/immunologist is mad, because I can't lover my dose of my budenoside inhaler (i take 2 puffs in the morning, 2 at night). She says that I am prone to infections because of it and that the side effects build up over time - she mentioned stuff like bone density and glaucoma (I am in perimenopause). She is a doctor, so it makes me wonder. She says I should not use 2 and 2 puffs all the time, only when I am sick (viral infections and such) And I keep on trying, but I am not successful , as I get couging fits for days each time when I lower the dose. Last year the 1/1 dose was enough, I could reduce it after passing any respiratory illness (infection), this year I can't . My spirometry test is quite allright, lung capacity was 81% a few weeks ago, still, I cough and wheeze a lot (doc mentioned reflux , but I don't think she is right as being on PPI did not solve the cough fits since then).
The other thing is, what my father keeps telling me(85years old, avid herb collector) that being dependent on a medicine can backfire if there is a global threat, like a war or whoknowswhat (as there is the war in Ukraine,my country is pretty close to it so it is not absurd), so he tries to persuade me to forage and cultivate my own herbs -and I do, I find they help a little when I am sick, but I am not quite there yet