Qvar symptoms and conditions

I was on Singulair for approx 3 years with zero side effects other than actually being healthy for the first time in my life - no chronic acute bronchitis episodes, no calling in sick to work. Then I switched jobs and HMOs - they immediately took me off of my Singulair and Combivent and put me on Qvar and Proair. Quess what? I began wheezing and sniffling. So they prescribed Claritin and Nasarel on top of the other two. Still not working. So now after a bout with antibiotics and steroids they have prescribed Flonase and over the counter Zyrtec. I have BEGGED to go back on Singulair repeatedly. I have offered to pay the $120/month out of pocket. Now I really am depressed and angry all the time - as well as having intense headaches, tremors, chest pain, insomnia, jitteryness then fatigue then jitteryness again = all because I can't get the stupid Singulair.

My dear daughter age 10 with history of EhlersDanlos Syndrome and Asthma, Has always been on her regular treatment of QVAR and Albuterol from the time she was a baby ,Today I took her for a recheck of her pneumonia,found out she lost three pounds in a week and he started her on a Nebulizer machine first dose today went find .Second dose half way through we stopped her machine to see how much she had used and her left hand was curled up and she could not control it ,She had the jitters to go with this . Her hand was weak and at bedtime was still week. Dear husband says she wont take that again and we are following up first thing in morning with doctor. I am doing my praying tonight!!!!!
Double check with doctor about side effects .

I'm not sure what I should be feeling with this yet...I'm just wondering who's experiencing what side-effects. I've had bad experience with Advair...pain all over the body. Qvar is not helping...so I was given this. I'm afraid to try it, considering the side effects listed are similar to that of Advair. Would anyone recommend this drug at all?...or is it the same deal as the rest?

I was on Advair then my doctor switched me to Serevent and Qvar and now I am back on Advair. I have gained 150lbs since starting this medication in 2002 and just now realize that maybe my weight gain is due to this medication. I also started having short term memory problems as well as swollen legs and anxiety. I never had these problems before. My doctor then prescribed me Xanax for Anxiety but it made me too tired so he prescribed Zoloft which boosted my short term memory and then prozac which I have recently just stopped taking. I never knew that all these prescriptions could be the cause of my health decline. I am only 38 and use to be in top shape playing tennis but now I don't have the energy to do much at all.

I have been reading a lot of these side effect stories since I gave my son his first dose of Singulair this morning. Our doctor suggested giving it to him during the day and his QVAR puff at night. My son hasn't used his Ventolin inhaler for over 18 months and the QVAR was reduced to a single daily dose over 6 months ago. At this moment he has just shown an increase in his shakiness and a mild bit of diarrea. But at this point I will not continue with another dose til I talk to my doctor after the weekend. With my son having an increasing amount of febrile seizures the past 3 years, I will not increase any risk of future seizures by keeping him on this medicine. He was going to be taken off the QVAR and Ventolin entirely at the last clinic but he had a mucasy cough this winter that lasted for almost a month. The only reason we got any meds was of the "asthma" my son had in our old apt(black mold etc.) but since we moved from that suite over 14 months ago we haven't had any problems. Thankyou all for your posts on this drug, I would never have known anything than just what warns us on the little side effects paper in the box.

My almost 7 yr old has been on Singulair since he was 4. He was first diagnosed w/ allergies at 3 1/2 after having 3 sets of tubes, several episodes of pneumonia & bronchiospams. He was put on Pannaz (aka Blues Clues medicine since it's a bright blue color) first and has been on it the whole time just increasing the dose as he's grown. We added the Singulair when he got to the point of playing, coughing, gagging & puking. These 2 meds combined have done wonders for him! We've tried using 2 other meds in replacement of the Pannaz and he started the whole coughing, runny nose bit after 3 weeks.

My 4 1/2 yr old was put on Singulair last fall, Extendryl & QVar (for asthma) in March. He hasn't had the ear infections that my other son had, but he had the virus that turned bacterial and then microplasmic all in 1 1/2 weeks, the pneumonia, the bronchiospasms ~ we haven't used neb treatments since March.

For us, these combinations work wonders!

And about the cavities post I read, my kids just went to the dentist on Tuesday for their yearly check up and all are cavity free. They don't floss either. So I can't say that I've noticed a correlation between using Singulair and cavities.

For information to the previous posts:

I have been off Advair now for 10 days (last post was on March 2). I switched to Qvar and it is working great. It took a week to get rid of the after affects of Advair - legs cramps, palpitations, nervousness, not sleeping at night.

For the last year and a half I wondered what the leg cramps were about; why I wasn't sleeping soundly at night (I thought it was pre menopause); all these different palpitations at various times; waking up in the morning feeling a "heavy" feeling. I also developed diabetes during this time. I really believe the Serevent in the Advair was doing a number on me.

I wrote to the FDA regarding this. On March 6, 2006 the FDA put out a new warning regarding Advair and Serevent (it's on the internet).

I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO TAKING ADVAIR OR SEREVENT. BUT SEE YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE STOPPING SO THAT HE CAN PUT YOU ON ANOTHER TYPE OF ASTHMA MED. AND CHECK THE PRESCRIBING INFORMATION!!!

Been on advair for 1 1/2 years always had muscle cramps especially in feet and legs - leaped out of bed at night because they were sooooo bad. On each leg they were so bad the cramp indented my calf muscle and tore blood vessels and my legs were purple for about two weeks. I did not know it was Advair until.... February 28th sitting at my desk at work my heart went out of whack 160 beats a minutes...ambulance called...hospital ER doctor told me I had SVT (supraventricular tacycardia) told me to get off the Advair...scary situation...I reported it to the FDA (it is the serevent aspect of the medication that does this). Am now on Qvar.

My sister has also been taken off of Advair. I would recommend to anyone taking Advair to stop.

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.