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I have been on advair for about 5 to 6 yrs. I was on 250/50 at fi...

Posted at 2:32 PM on Apr 14, 2008 by tlittle, #29580
I have been on advair for about 5 to 6 yrs. I was on 250/50 at first and my hands and legs would all ways hurt me. Then I had a bad asthma attack which landed me in ICU. That's when the doctors gave me the largest dose of the 500/50. It has been a year since I have been on this and I have hair loss. One side of the head around my egdes are bald. And the rest of my hair is getting very thin. I am only 39 years old, and I have to were wigs.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Jul 20, 2008 by gilliand, #10283

hi there, I was very sorry to hear about the awfull effects you have had with this medication. I do hope that things have improved for you now. I am having similar problems, the most distressing I find is the very severe hairloss! Its so damaging to your self esteam. I have come off the med very recently and am going to see how I get on, Im using ventolin more often, but I have to say I do feel better in other ways. It will be a while to find out whether hair recovers after coming off. I do wish you well with what you are dealing with, Gillian gdiver1964@yahoo.co.uk

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