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I have been on Advair for about 5 months. It really controls my ...

Posted at 9:14 AM on Jun 23, 2009 by marienapolitano, #42506
I have been on Advair for about 5 months. It really controls my asthma symptoms well- I had wheezing with exercise and now can run without wheezing. However, I am losing my voice. I feel like I have to strain to speak and this leaves me out of breath, which is a problem since I teach 3rd grade for a living! I also have a chronically sore throat and a white coating on my tongue and throat, despite rinsing my mouth and brushing my tongue after using the Diskus. I am torn about what to do because I hate the asthma symptoms I had but I hate these side effects just as much!
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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 04, 2009 by pattyt, #22041

If you are on the diskus, ask to be switched to the HFA puffer which has less impact on the back of your throat.

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Reply about 1 month ago on Sep 18, 2009 by suzieb, #23088

Hi! the same thing happened to me- controlled my asthma fairly well, but stopped it per Dr. request because of hoars-
ness, vocal cord tenderness, severe thrush in mouth, throat, esophogus and sinuses. You might want to think about stopping advair-

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