Health & Safety: Infant, Xopenex

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Steriod Use and Inhalers for 21 Month Old?

When my son was 6 months old, he was diagnosed with whopping cough. Since that time, whenever he gets a cold, he also gets a cough from hell (excuse the term)! I declined to give him steriods at that time, as he was too young/too small(side effects...). Over the weekend his cough got so bad, that we were up all night with him. I finally agreed to the oral steriod and an inhaler (Albuterol) for a short time. He has been on both for three days. My question is this-after he has his "treatment", he coughs really hard (face turns red) for about...