Bronchial tubes symptoms and conditions

I took Advair for almost 4 years. I did not take it regularly (as regularly as they prescribed), but took it reasonably regularly.

I think Advair is the worst drug! It wrecked my teeth! I had perfect (no cavities) until I started taking Advair, which is when I started getting cavities. My teeth will never be the same.

The worst part though, was that after about 2 years of use, I got a horrible case of pleurisy. I had it for 8 months. I went to dr. after dr. No one would listen. I finally got one to do a lung x-ray--within which I had scaring throughout my chest/bronchial tubes. My asthma was getting horrible, and I was literally at 75% oxygen intake (yah--my asthma dr. later told me I should have been in the hospital). I finally looked up and researched Advair--and found out that one of it's side effects was lung infections. By the time I found this out, I basically had a lung infection for 2 years. I fought with my asthma dr.--to get off of Advair. Put me on Flovent instead, which has been fine. I was off and on Prednisone for more than a year throughout all this time. Once off of Advair, the dr. put me on a regular dose of Prednisone (probably gained 15-25 pounds during that time), and an anti-biotic, once I finally won that battle. I FINALLY got better after about a month of treatment! But, ever since then I cannot get a cold/upper respiratory infection without having to go on prednisone in order to stop the cough. Plus, I then got my gall bladder out, and I now get major pain in that area when I get a cough.

I flat out refuse to EVER take Advair again. Nothing is worth going through anything like that again! It was miserable! I'm sure I had some other symptoms, such as stomach pains, headaches, depression, anxiety, etc., but seriously, I was just trying to breathe for so long, that none of the other stuff caused me as much worry!

Wow. Thank god for this Bulletin! I was diagnosed with hypertension at age 28
and tried a variety of drugs with no control over the BP. So, about 2 1/2 - 3 years ago, I was prescribed 100MG of Toprol XL which seemed to control it well, but with debilitating long term illness. I had no idea until today that Toprol XL was causing similar grief to others. The horrible symptoms that I have been experiencing now for several years are Extreme Chronic Fatigue, Profuse Cold Clammy Sweating, Dizzy spells, weight gain, seeing specs of light and thousands of eye floaters, severe depression, muscle aches, headaches.

After reading about others with similar side effects, I am confident that it's from this medication. I have had all kinds of testing done including T3 & T4 Throid levels and a full array of blood work with NO LUCK! Regardless of the consequences, I am going to quit this damn medicine today because it appears to take 5 weeks or so to get it out of the body to notice a difference. I am so desperate for change. It is ruining my life because I can
't wake up, I'm always tired even though I get 10-14 hours of sleep. My wife and kids are bummed because I have no energy to do anything, EVER!

If you have any other suggestions or would like to comment about this.

Sincerely,

Sean

I was on Lisinopril for one month and it took 18 months for the side effects to go away. The cough, the inexplicable weight gain, the exhaustion, the bloated tummy, aching muscles and joints, swollen eyelids, etc. Luckily, my doctor did listen to me and got me off it as soon as I could get a call through to him instead of having his nurse block calls and tell me that I could take codeine laced cough syrup. I explained to her very carefully to look at my chart--I am allergic to codeine. My doctor switched me immediately to Cozaar when I was able to talk to him directly. The pharmacist looked at what I had been on and asked why I was being switched. When I explained, he said that the side effects were commonly known and really affected people.

The coughing inflamed my bronchial tubes to where they were going into spasms. I was on an asthma inhaler for a month to heal them. That wasn't pleasant, either, because I didn't tolerate it very well.

I am at the point now that whenever I am put on a new medication, I immediately search the internet for side effects. I don't want to go through 18 months of misery because I wasn't told or the insert wasn't clear about possible side effects.

I have always been active April of this year I became short of breathe and was taken to the hospital ,the Dr said I had asthma.They put me on ADVAIR 250/50, they found out I have a staff infection in my trachea and bronchial tubes so I have been on anibotics and Advair,as of today I feel awful I can not take a deep breathe without a struggle ,I was watching Fox News this AM and it came across the screen about pulling Advair of the market or putting warnings on the label that Advair can cause bad asthma attacks and possible death!!!! I ache all over not able to breathe and barely go up steps. Before this I was caring for my grandchildren a 4 yr old and 5 yr old lived with us for 2 years,I CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR THEM!!! Iam only 59 yrs young. THROWING ADVAIR AWAY!! I WASNT MY LIFE BACK!!! JES

I took Lisinopril for a month. I developed a cough--thought at first that it was bronchitis but I didn't have other symptoms. I had been exhausted and miserable but didn't really connect that with the medication because I was under some major stress at work. Finally connected all the dots and called my doctor. Thank heavens he listened to me and got me off the Lisinopril. Because my bronchial tubes were inflammed by all the coughing, he put me on Qvar for a month. I have been off the Lisinopril since the first of May. The cough (which sounded like major bronchitis) lasted into June. I still cough once in a while. I no longer get home from work and go to bed. My energy levels are returning slowly. If I overdo, I am miserable for several days. There are days (thankfully more and more) where I really feel good--no aching muscles, extreme fatigue, and general feeling of malaise. One down side--my eyes were affected by the Lisinopril. The upside--they are getting better, too. It takes time to get over all of the damage caused. I figure, from all of the postings, that I got off lucky because my doctor listened to me.

this is not a new side effect but one that i am relieved to learn is being experienced by others. i've been on lisnopril for about 3 months, 20mg per day. for the most part my bp is normal (120-80) and i seem to have a wonderful sleep, wake up refreshed and SO CALM. sometimes i wonder if my heart is even beating as i can't feel it beating like i could before. but that is not a complaint. this cough is TERRIBLE. it comes about every hour or so and i cannot seem to get it to stop. it's like there's something at the top of my bronchial tubes and it's a nagging tickle. oftentimes, i cough until i'm almost throwing up. this is very embarrassing at work.

Wow, after reading the side effects at a web site and reading the stories at this forum I found out that I was experiencing the same side effects that I read here.

I was being treated for a bacteria infection in my lungs, so my doctor put me on the 500mg tablets for 10 days (he said this should kill off any bacteria left around in there), he also prescribed me the Advair Diskus for my bronchial tubes (took this twice a day (morning and night)).

Well, the side effects I noticed were the following:

bad taste in my mouth
loss of appetite
nauseua
loss of weight - 5lbs (which of course coincides with the loss of appetite, "don't eat much, lose weight" duh!)
sleeplessness
a couple of nights of sweating (didn't help that on those paticular nights it was humid)
anxiety and depression
loss of energy
Sunburned (mowed the yard one day with a tank top on, shouldn't have done that)

Today is my last day of the medicine, I feel the infection has subsided so we'll see. looking back, I think I should have taken this medication with food or something. I was told not to take this medication with any dairy products at least 2 hours before and 2 hours later from taking this medication. So I just went ahead and took the medication without food altogether.

I have been taking Gabitril for about a year now and it was prescribed for insomnia...to be taken with dinner (preferably an early one) so that there is a slow release of the medication and it should be in full effect by bedtime. However, I have found that I usually have to resort to Ambien. I think that the Gabitril was prescribed to eventually replace Ambien but I am not clear on this. Also, Gabitril causes a terrible sensation in my throat, it feels dry and I almost think I can feel the dryness all the way down into my bronchial tubes...it has also caused some disorientation