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Has asthma and needs an inhaler or regular care

Use when someone has asthma, ran out of an inhaler, can't afford one, uses their rescue inhaler a lot, or needs a doctor, an asthma plan or help keeping an inhaler safe without a home.

In danger right now: call 911. Crisis or thoughts of suicide: call or text 988. Not sure where to start? Call the Silver City Gospel Mission: 575-388-5071. Police, fire or sheriff, not an emergency: 575-388-8840 (Central Dispatch). Print our list of phone numbers → · Food pantry calendar → · Free meals calendar → · Getting there: bus and rides →
These are the same steps our staff use when they help someone. "They" means the person who needs help: you, or someone you are helping. Go in order, and call ahead when you can.
In this guide
  1. Check for an emergency first
  2. Ask about their asthma
  3. Get a doctor and an asthma plan
  4. Paying for inhalers
  5. Keeping an inhaler safe without a home

1Check for an emergency first

Can't speak in full sentences, lips blue or gray, or the inhaler isn't helping? Call 911 now.
911 (Grant County Regional Dispatch)
Emergency: police, fire, ambulance
911
Silver City · 24/7

2Ask about their asthma

You can ask"Do you have a rescue inhaler with you? When did you last use it?"
You can ask"How many times a week do you need it? Do you wake up at night coughing or short of breath?"
You can ask"Do you have Medicaid, Medicare, other insurance, or none?"

3Get a doctor and an asthma plan

A regular doctor can check their lungs, write an asthma action plan and add a daily controller inhaler if needed.
Hidalgo Medical Servicesnot yet confirmed: call first
Silver City Community Health Center: Primary medical care
575-800-1467
1007 N. Pope St., Silver City · Mon-Fri 7:00 am-6:00 pm
Silver Health CARE
Primary care and urgent care
575-538-2981
1600 E. 32nd St., Silver City · Clinic Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Urgent Care Tue-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-3pm

4Paying for inhalers

AstraZeneca - AZ&Me
AZ&Me free AstraZeneca medicines (incl. Breztri, Airsupra inhalers)
800-292-6363
· Mon-Fri 9am-6pm Eastern
GSK Patient Assistance Program
Free GSK medicines for people who qualify (incl. Trelegy, Breo inhalers)
866-728-4368
· Mon-Fri (call to check)
Hidalgo Medical Servicesnot yet confirmed: call first
Medication Assistance Program
575-342-8900
1007 N. Pope St., Silver City · Mon-Fri 8:30 am-5:00 pm (closed 12-12:30)
At the Gospel MissionAsk staff about prescription help from the stuff drawer.

5Keeping an inhaler safe without a home

NM Department of Health
1-800-QUIT-NOW tobacco quit line
800-784-8669
· 24/7
American Lung Association
Lung HelpLine and Better Breathers Club (free, by phone or Zoom)
800-586-4872
· Call to check hours

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This guide is general information only, not medical, legal or other professional advice. Places and rules change, so please call before you go. In an emergency, call 911; in a mental health crisis, call or text 988. Disclaimer

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Questions, or want someone to walk through this with you? The Silver City Gospel Mission, 111 S. Texas St., Silver City, 575-388-5071, weekdays 9:00am-1:45pm. Everyone is welcome.