Advair HFA Side Effects

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  1. link Pamjoy56
    Can I quit cold turkey?
    I have horrible side effects from Advair 500/50 and want to quit. Are there any possible side effects from quitting cold turkey?
    Pamjoy56- over a year ago - 2 Replies - in Advair HFA
  2. link Kayceejenjins
    I too have been on Advair 500 50 for a year. I had never had asthma before and I was diagnosed with allergy induced asthma. I am a 50 year old woman. I just realized the weight gain, lack of energy, vision changes, etc. Are all side effects of this d - 69% more...
    Kayceejenjins- over a year ago
  3. link Johnbelli
    Advair HFA asthma sufferers, cause of asthma, actual condition, hyperventilation, bronchodilator
    ASTHMA SUFFERERS (like I was), I'd like to share my experience of HOW I SUCCEEDED GETTING OFF ADVAIR and getting rid of my (first mild, then severe) asthma. PRIOR WARNING : - NEVER STOP YOUR MEDICATION WITHOUT YOUR DOCTOR TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN STO - 98% more...
    Johnbelli- over a year ago - 2 Replies - in Advair HFA
  4. link Mharrin22
    Advair HFA advair, severe stomach cramps, muscle cramps, asthma medicine, asthma attacks
    Hi! I am so happy that I found this website. I was on Advair 500 for over a year and had almost every side effect listed here. After reading the postings, I went to the doctor and demanded that he put me on another asthma medicine. He put me on Asman - 90% more...
    Mharrin22- over a year ago - 2 Replies - in Advair HFA
  5. link Wheezebox
    i realize your post was very old, but just doing a search for Advair and tingling lips sensation and am happy to see that I am not alone. Have been trying to slowly come off Advair 500 on to a lower dose. was on 500 twice a day for years, now on 250/ - 53% more...
    Wheezebox- over a year ago
  6. link 2flamingos
    Advair HFA low dose aspirin, ocassional, long periods, advair, lasix
    I have only been on Advair for a couple of months - started out on 100 but did not improve as much as expected after six weeks, so Dr upped me to 250. Have noticed a maked improvement in breathing. However, even while on 100 I was having some occasio - 74% more...
    2flamingos- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  7. link Lilemom269
    Advair HFA advar
    I have been using Advair for about a little over a month now. I take 250/50 twice a day, and I also rince after doing so. My voice has changed. I sound as if I am losing my voice. I didn't think much about it but after reading somethings on the inter - 16% more...
    Lilemom269- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  8. link Elisandra
    Advair HFA lump in the throat, advair, lump in throat, thrush, horseness
    February 9th 2010 I've been using Advair HFA 230 pump. I been experiencing a horseness and feeling as if I have a foreign body in my throat. Has anyone experienced this? I feel like something is blocking my airway in my throat. I went to emergency ro - 41% more...
    Elisandra- over a year ago - 5 Replies - in Advair HFA
  9. link Swavey
    Three nights ago I when to the ER for an extreme pain in my throat that appeared suddenly 48 hrs prior to me going to the ER. Almost impossible to even swallow my saliva. Even my neck muscles were swollen. After blood work and CT scan the conclusion - 62% more...
    Swavey- over a year ago
  10. link Dsearle324
    Advair HFA advair 250, charley horses, seasonal allergies, zyrtec, singulair
    Three years ago I had to start taking Advair when my seasonal allergies got out of control and I started wheezing and had a broncospasm so severe I almost stopped breathing from all the coughing. My doctor at the time put me on Advair 250 for a month - 80% more...
    Dsearle324- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  11. link Justwannafeelbetter34
    Advair HFA loreal haircolor, symptomatic dermographism, adult onset asthma, advair 250, asthmatic symptoms
    I'm 34 with no previous health history. I've been on advair 250/50 for a little over one month. I was diagnosed with Adult-Onset Asthma, which I think it's something else that's causing it since I've also had symptomatic dermographism for two months - 76% more...
    Justwannafeelbetter34- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  12. link 12345drug
    Advair HFA advair 250, oxygen machine, class action suit, spiriva, symbicort
    I have had COPD for years and treated with daily prednisone and Foradil but I wanted to come off prednisone so used Symbicort and Spiriva and was doing good until a new doctor put me on Advair 250/50 and my body went to h... I had terrible bronchitis - 68% more...
    12345drug- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  13. link Poodle_girl
    Advair HFA coughing up phlegm, pulmonary embolism, mild asthma, depression anxiety, leg cramps
    I just turned 34 and I am a woman. I have struggled with mild asthma from early teens. I was always able to control my mild asthma with a rescue inhaler as my asthma was triggered primarily by cats/some dogs. However eventually that faded away and I - 90% more...
    Poodle_girl- over a year ago - 1 Reply - in Advair HFA
  14. link Suzieb
    Advair HFA vocal cords, sinuses, advair, thrush, dry mouth
    On Advair after bout with asthma. Stayed on it for about 4 months (500 then the 250/50) I felt worse! Throat tightened, thrush (which i had in mouth, throat and esophagus and up into my sinuses)- raspy vocal cords, dry mouth and weight gain. Dr. pull - 12% more...
    Suzieb- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  15. link Kgarne2009
    Advair 250/50
    What is in advair 250/50? (steroids), will it stop or slow down your growth?
    Kgarne2009- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  16. link Sickofbeingsick8
    Advair HFA exercise therapies, sinus infection, nasal congestion, diet exercise, chinese elm
    I'm so glad I found this! I thought I was going mad for a while there. Background: I'm a 34 yr old female. Diagnosed w/ asthma at 12, but they suspect I had it before that. Used only Ventolin for a long time. Five years ago, right around the time I h - 84% more...
    Sickofbeingsick8- over a year ago - 4 Replies - in Advair HFA
  17. link Lilly0707
    Advair HFA chest pains, garbage, medicine
    i started taking advair 250/50 about 5 days...........I started getting chest pains.............I was scared.........having 2 small children at home and having chest pains was difficult for me..................I am throwing it away in the garbage.... - 19% more...
    Lilly0707- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  18. link Jgoldsbo
    Advair HFA cough variant asthma, advair 250, oral prednisone, beta 2 agonist, asthma allergy
    I am a part-time professional singer and attorney. I developed an odd cough-variant asthma this winter at age 42 -- it had scary breath shortness and wheezing plus lots of phlegm coughed up. I had never before had the shortness/wheezing/asthma, thoug - 87% more...
    Jgoldsbo- over a year ago - 5 Replies - in Advair HFA
  19. link Nursingstudent
    Advair HFA albuterol inhaler, depression and weight gain, daily headaches, lack of sleep, alternative treatment
    I have taken Advair 250/50 for approximately 7 years. It was a life saver for me. My asthma was out of control. I slept with my albuterol inhaler in my hand at night. Advair was the wonder drug. It worked when nothing else did. I had bouts of depress - 81% more...
    Nursingstudent- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  20. link Roelien
    Advair HFA mysterious chest, leg cramps, chronic bronchitis, memory issues, leg pains
    I've been taking Advair for about 14months months, first 100/50 and then 250/50 to control my asthma and chronic bronchitis. During the past year I have actually lost 10lbs but over the past six months have experienced increasing symptoms/possible si - 68% more...
    Roelien- over a year ago - 1 Reply - in Advair HFA
  21. link Armywife4life
    Advair HFA perfect teeth, advair, eyes4u, dentist, babe
    i have been on advair for a year and a half and in this time i went from having perfect teeth to having my teeth rotting out.one of my doctors told me that she dosent think that advair did it but then another doctor told me yes it did and the dentist - 42% more...
    Armywife4life- over a year ago - 2 Replies - in Advair HFA
  22. link Dentist
    My 9 year old daughter has been on Advair for 2 years, she started with the 100 and then it was upped to 250. She had cavities at her last dental appt. this time two more cavities and an abscess. The dentist told me she is losing the enamel on her te - 61% more...
    Dentist- over a year ago
  23. link Sunride
    Advair HFA asthma patients, shinbone, albuterol, breathing difficulties, sudden onset
    I was diagnosed with asthma as a child. In late teens it seemed to not be problem, however after 50, I started developing symptoms of asthma again as evidenced from COPD tests. I am currently using Advair 250/50 since 55 yo. One symptom, that I have - 88% more...
    Sunride- over a year ago - 2 Replies - in Advair HFA
  24. link Koko3208
    Advair HFA seasonal asthma, leg cramps, short temper, allbuterol, asthma
    I have been taking Advair/250 for just about 1 month now. I was prescribed 2x a day but have only been taking it once a day in the AM. It has controlled my seasonal asthma very well but .... leg cramps, head aches (which I never got before), short te - 30% more...
    Koko3208- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  25. link Mandevillain
    Advair HFA asthma, posters, health, nebulizer, trouble breathing
    I have used Advair 250 for a few years now and have noticed a few of the same symptoms as the other posters, but my main concern is whenever I go off the drug for too long my asthma gets drastically worse. I have become extremely dependent on this ex - 45% more...
    Mandevillain- over a year ago - 4 Replies - in Advair HFA
  26. link Linda2
    weight gain
    how do i get rid of the weight that i have gained since i started taking advair 250/50
    Linda2- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  27. link Linda2
    weight gain
    how do i lose the weight that i have gained since taking advail 250/50
    Linda2- over a year ago - in Advair HFA
  28. link Bill_lameres
    Advair HFA advair, pimples, forehead, allergic reaction, cheeses
    Does anyone know if anyone has experienced an itchy head (scalp and forehead) with small pimples or something like that? Terribly itchy, and started after starting Advair, but have no way of knowing if related. Does anyone know? Bill
    Bill_lameres- over a year ago - 3 Replies - in Advair HFA
  29. link Shirley2626
    I came acoss this by accident. I have been on advair 250/50 for 5 years. I also have itchy scalp my forehead itches and I get little bumps. My forearms bruise very easily and my skin is like paper. The skin tears open very easily. I thought that I ha - 42% more...
    Shirley2626- over a year ago
  30. link Chw49
    Advair HFA forest fires in california, fires in california, asthma attack, legs feet, advair
    I have been using Advair (250) for many years with no problems. We are remodeling out kitchen which has stirred up a lot of fine dust in the house. That coupled with the smoke caused by the recent forest fires in California I had a severe asthma atta - 70% more...
    Chw49- over a year ago - in Advair HFA