i too have gained 10 pounds in less than 8 months when i started takin it. i noticed my belly gettin bigger, and was in shock when i saw the 10 gained pounds. i dont overeat and never really used to gain like this. i also have a thrush due to advair, its goin away now cause im on meds and stopped takin it. but one thing, i will never touch advair again. bruises everywhere, chest pain, timbling and numb hands. even pack pain. and about a handful of hairloss a day . i got off advair 2 days ago because i cant gain any more weight its frustratin to lose it all again. the steroids make you hungry and therefore make u crave for alot of glucose foods . even if u dont overeat it will store it as fats and sugars in ur body.
there is somekind of cleanse that u take in form of a pill i assume and that cleanes out all the leftover advair in the body, however i am still lookin for it too.
I just want to say thank you for posting this, my son is 12 and just started taking advair and i have noticed he has just gained weight, when they took your daughter off the advair did she have any reactions to switching? Asthma is very scary it seems that when they first perscribed the rescue inhaler if made him addicted to it. now the adair stops the rescue inhaler but am scared about all the bad affects. Now they say singular is bad how is your daughter doing with the growth and any side affect besides weight gain.
Be aware of something called Steroid induced Cushing's. Look at www.cushings-help.com.
Pat
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