I began taking Advair about 2 weeks ago. Approximately 1 week...

I began taking Advair about 2 weeks ago. Approximately 1 week after starting Advair, I began to have leg and thigh cramps that awakened me during the night. (worse than I had ever had before in my life and I'm 40 something.) It got progressively worse and spread to my arms and legs. I finally had to stop taking it after an "episode" 6 days ago. My legs, thighs, arms and hands began to cramp and spasm all at once! My husband assisted me into a tub of hot water to help calm my muscles down. Per Dr.'s instructions, I have not taken it since. The side effects have slowly began to deminish. I continued to have cramps during the night for about 4 days, my muscles were very sore and achy as though I had been working out really hard. Now they are still a little sore and they feel very tired and fatigued. However I am getting better day by day. I have been instructed to go back to using my previous preventive inhaler. I also gained 6 pounds, but that could have been from the prednisone that I am taking. I would like to say that the Advair did help to improve my asthma symptoms. I'm dissapointed that I had to discontinue using it.