Absolute miracle symptoms and conditions

I was started on Advair HFA about 35 days ago. A little background about me is that I'm 35 years old, in good physical shape. I'm a competitive cyclists doing road races anywhere from 45-100 miles, I work out 2-4 hours everyday. I've had lifelong chronic asthma, but have fought the disease with my healthy lifestyle. I also play the saxophone.

Since I've been on Advair I've developed a constant sore throat. Been coughing up stuff constantly when I'm out training on my bike. Can't seem to sleep for more than a few hours at a time. The worst side affect has been the leg cramps which are killing my training for up coming races. I have constant leg cramps that force me to get out of bed over and over to work them out. My energy levels have dropped to the point that I can't do even half a workout without being totally wiped out. This is coming from a guy that averages 60miles a day on the bike, the other day I couldn't even do 15 miles and had to stop from the constant cramps and tiredness. This stuff is a nightmare. I've gone back to using nothing but my albuterol inhaler. I'll continue to do lung exercises 4 times a day and completely clean up my diet and basically get this stuff out of my system. Let this be a warning that you can't get something positive without something negative as well.

About a week or so into taking Singulair for asthma and allergies, I thought it was an absolute miracle drug! I am extremely allergic to cats and when I am anywhere near them I get horrible asthma and allergies which in several cases sent me to the hospital. The ultimate test was after taking singulair I was able to spend the weekend with my friend in her small apartment and 2 cats without even a sneeze. We couldn't believe it given my past. However, it was too good to be true. Around the same time I noticed pretty dramtic hair loss. At first I just thought I was brushing too hard, I couldn't fathom actually losing my hair. However, it become so dramtic it was coming out in handfulls and I wasn't the only one to notice or be alarmed by this. I immediately stopped the medication but lost close to 70% of my hair as a result of taking singulair. I've read about this happening to others but Singulair and my doctor deny it.

mijie, - I personally don't think increase in Lisinopril could actually increase BP. But there again this is a question for a doctor. A definite YES, it can cause a dry cough! I was very interested to read your nausea comment. I read somewhere that Lisinopril only affected 0.9 per cent of users this way. Well I believe it did affect me this way too. But these Lansoprazole tablets are an absolute miracle as far as nausea, acid, feeling like death warmed up in the morning etc. My Lisinopril is now always Zestril and is 5mg a day. Combined with dietary adjustments and a dose of cod liver oil a day I am expecting to enter the 'safe' area at last after my next blood test.