Advair HFA and blurry

My husband has been on Advair for about 1 month now and he is 24 years old. He has been experiencing worse asthma attcks then ever with constant mucus. Chest pain and pain in his pinky,unable to sleep at night at all. His eye sight was perfect but rescently he had to see an eye doctor for bluriness they perscribed him glasses.Will his eye sight stay blurry for good does anyone know?How can they give this crap out to people without warning them first about side effects?My husband even asked his doctor about side effects before taking it and the liar told him there are none. What kind of world has this become when Doctors can perscribe death in a disk? DO NOT TAKE IT EVER I URGE EVERYONE PLEASE FOR YOUR SAKE AND THE SAKE OF YOUR LOVED ONES.

I am 25, white male, and have been on and off assvair for two years. At first it worked well and I thought God himself had touched me with that little purple circle. However, I have all of the following symptoms that have gotten worse in the last year, they include:blurry eyesight, tired all the time, gained 40lbs, always clearing my throat, sometimes hoarse, cough all the time, wheeze all the time, hives and skin irritation, asthama has gotten much worse especially since going from 100 dosage to 250/50. I feel horrible and of course my doctor, or previous doctor, said it had nothing to do with the advair, so apparently I just went from being reasonably healthy to a walking 25 yr old senior citizen ready to make the final cross over to the other side. I hate assvair because at first it gave me hope and now it sucks balls!

2 weeks ago went to doctor for lung problems. Labeled an asthmatic and was put on Advair and singulair. Now my vision is going bad. Blurry smokey vision...similar to the vision effects of putting in eye ointment in.

**Sorry about my previous post. I cut and paste from Word and it changes some of the characters for some reason and makes it hard to read. Here is the corrected version.**

I started taking Advair 250/50 (I started out with a higher dose for 2 or 3 weeks) on October 9, 2004 after a weekend stay at the hospital. Before this time, I was not taking any medication except for my Albuterol inhaler, which I took mostly at night. I often have a worse time with asthma during the winter, but a visit to the emergency room has only happened 3 times in my life.

Anyway, after leaving the hospital, I noticed right away that my eyesight was blurry. My husband joked that it was because I was used to the close walls in the hospital and that I wasn't used to seeing far away. Well, I thought nothing more of it until I found this website. I am still not seeing as well and today (11-19-04) I stepped on the scale and noticed that I had gained 10 pounds. :( I weighed 120 before the hospital ( I am 31 years old and 5'2). I am not happy.

I have not wheezed even a squeak since taking Advair and have not touched the Albuterol. Is it worth it?

I have also had a few minor headaches, my face broke out once, I had one night where I couldn't sleep because of intense heartburn (I have never experienced this before!), and my stomach seems puffy.

Like someone else said, I think I will stop taking it when winter is over. I really love being able to do aerobics and not having to take my Albuterol. I don't wheeze at all after exercise now, but what exactly is the point of exercising if I am gaining weight?? :p

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Thank you for this site! I didn't want to take Advair when it was prescribed for me nearly two weeks ago. Not because I knew of the side-effects, but because with my family's history of cancer and heart disease, I tend to be very cautious with any type of steroid. However, I was having a bad cold combined with asthma (which I'm not normally prone to) and trouble breathing, and for two weeks, it seemed a compromise.

When I first started taking it, I noticed the rapid heartbeat, which has since lessened. However, I've noticed that my vision is now blurry, and has been such for the last few days. My cough, which was improving, is back, and now I feel nearly as short of breath as I did before starting the meds. As a matter of fact, last night, I had to sleep sitting up, my breathing was so bad.

This morning, I've noticed pain in the joints of my fingers, and there has been some weight gain (or at least abdominal swelling).

That's it for me, after reading this site. The Advair goes in the trash, and I go back to treating myself holisticly.

I am normally a very patient and kind individual. Immediately after beginning treatment with the 250/50 diskus, I became very aggressive and nearly violent. Had terrible time trying to sleep, and this only added to the continual sense of frustration.

My eyes are always red, and my vision has become blurry. I have cut the dose in half (only one puff per day) but symtoms do not seem to have decreased. I am 34 years old and have never breathed this freely in my life. I have always had to carry an albuteral inhaler with me, and used it several times a day. Now, I couldn't even tell you where it is!

I am going to try taking it only one puff every other day and see if I can deal with the symtoms that remain. I have always been underweight, so I am actually enjoying the increased appetite. However, I have not as yet seen any significant weight gain.