Residue symptoms and conditions

Horrriblle gas and a week of baby poop type residue in my panties that I have NO control over. When will it ens. I quit taking it 9 days ago. I really need forthis too stop.

I wrote about my 8yr old son in April/06, a beautiful, sweet and easy going child who turned into an anxious, worried boy who was plagued with nightmares & "bad thoughts". The only change in his life was that he had started Singulair a couple of months before. After reading this web site, I immediately took him off it. I am happy to report that he is surely, but slowly coming back to himself after being off of if for 3 weeks.

When I initially called pharmacists, Merck Frost and the allergy Dr, I was told that it was "highly" unlikely it was the singulair. Well, they were wrong it was the singulair. He was taken to our family doctor, who strongly believed it was the singulair & brought out a big thick medical book with some post market side affects in children that described my son ..."hallucinations, bad dreams, restleessness". As an added precaution we took him to see a pediatrician who was also going to re-evalute his asthma. His assistant told me that I was the 3rd mother recently to describe those side affects in their child since being on singulair. The pediatirian was also aware of these side affects in many children. Our family doctor & the pediatrician both estimate it will take a good month for the drug to clear his system. As a result of this experience, we are also taking him to a child psycologist to clean up the residue of this whole experience. While, he is almost himself again, the whole experience was quite frightening for him and doesn't want it to ever happen again.

I am reporting this to the Canadian Drug Adverse reaction Agency. I encourage everyone else to do the same in their country. Perhaps this isn't as "rare" as they say.

I was put on Advair a year ago this May. I am a vocalist and voice teacher. My voice is sounding very thin in my mid range and I am completely worried that this is from residue of the Advair. Has anyone else that is a singer had problems with this drug?
Thanks, Ro

Whoa, am I glad I found this forum! I thought I was goin' nuts!

Let me preface this by saying I have never, NEVER had heartburn in my life. Until I started Advair.

I'm an asthmatic and have used Albuterol for years. It sometimes has gotten to the point where I've had to use it several times a day. That's when my doctor recommended Advair. Right off the bat, I could breathe easier (with Advair 250), and I thought I'd found my wonder drug. A couple weeks later I developed a bad case of heartburn with a sore throat. I was downing Tums like crazy. I thought it might have something to do with the Advair, so I went off it and saw my doctor. She dismissed the notion that Advair was the culprit, and told me to lay off the caffeine, tomato products, onions, etc. And to sleep in an inclined position. She also prescribed Protonix. So I went back on Advair and I was actually feeling better a couple weeks later when I had my follow-up appointment. The heartburn hadn't gone away completely, but it wasn't as bad. Well, after the follow-up, the heartburn came back with a vengeance. It got so bad that death would have been welcome. At that point I really had a strong suspicion that Advair had something to do with it. I stopped Advair a week and a half ago and went to see the doctor today. I finally convinced her that Advair could be the problem. Then she asked if I rinsed my mouth out when I used it. I admitted to her that I had not. She said that swallowing the residue instead of rinsing it could cause the heartburn. In any case, I swayed her in the right direction. I'm seeing a GI specialist next week and I'm gonna specifically tell him about Advair and the many posts on this message board. By the way, since stopping Advair a week and a half ago I still have the heartburn, but it's not as bad. It's not good, but at least I don't want to die. I wish I'd never heard about that stuff. If you've had a similar experience, let me know! =)