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?
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