So nice to see that I'm not just imagining the adverse reactions....

I have had asthma all my life and as I reached my 30's, it became uncontrollable. I've been on Advair 250/50 for about 3 years now. At one point, about 1 year ago, I had a terrible time with heart palpitations. I wore a heart monitor for 24 hours and the results were that "there is definately something going on, but before we try medication for it, we'll run some other tests." Well, eventually the palpitations subsided. Now I notice them every so often if I happen to forget a dose of the advair. I truly believe it is related to the advair, although I'm not ready to give up the medication as it has been wonderful for my asthma control. The only other concern I have with the advair is the weight that I have gained (aprox. 20 lbs.) since I began taking advair that I am not able to get rid of. I've always been very thin and never had a problem with weight. Now I cannot drop an ounce no matter what I do. Anyone out there experience issues with that?

I'm a 43 yr. old female and have been using Advair for about 4 months. I found this site tonight only because I felt the need to search for side affects on Advair. Woooo what a surprise. Here I was: back pain. neck pain,joint pain, non-stop headache (squeezing), eye issue (out of nowhere),nose running, and not to mention very jittery and difficult to sleep.
This is a scary drug. I feel nauseated as well. I sstarted to think ;"Could this be from the Advair"? I was using Advair because of allergy related asthma. NOw this is all starting to make sense because even my B.P. has gone up and no idea why. I feel like a train has run me down and every muscle and joint is screaming HELP.
AS I type I have this jittery feeling. Okay, Advair you're done. I'll call and make an appointment to see the Doc.. Oh and P.S. weight gain and puffy face are new too. Yes this drug is a LOSER . Total garbage.. Hope all of you find a much better alternative than this nightmare. GoodLuck.