Advair HFA and clock

Started as a mild asthmatic. Found a spot on my loere left lobe.Was put on advair 500/50 about 1 month ago. Had a bronchoscopy done. The spot was vegetable material (aspirated). I do have a history of GERD. I developed round the clock unproductive coughing. My pulmonary specialist offered Prednisone and an antibiotic. Then for some reason, he changed his mind. I continued with round the clock Shortness of breath and severe coughing, round the clock for a full week.I decided to see my primary care doctor, who wished I had gone to the pulmonary specialist. So, he called the specialist and then put me on Methylprednisolone 4MG, 21 pack.This calmed the asthma, but not everything. I had a sore throat, sore mouth, sore inner ears. I still coughed a lot, and raised sometimes thick white sputum, and sometimes yellow-green sputum. I got pretty sick, so I went to the ER where they did a chest X-Ray, and some blood work. The ER Doc said maybe I had a hiatial hernia and things would eventually settle down. Became very short of breath and could hardly move. I got in to see the Pulmonary Doc, who said that I looked much
worse, defended doing the bronchoscopy, and never mentioned changing the Advair to something else. He noted that I also have Thrush. I borught home four more prescriptions last night (which included an antibiotic for pneumonia, a few cough suppressants and Nystatin for Thrush. I am raising pleanty of sputum. Doing a little better. I absolutely needed the bronchoscopy. But I am now having difficulty talking myself into using the Advair, with the pneumonia and the Thrush.
Most of our doctors want to help people to be well. But, our pharmeceutical companies are having their reps win and din the docotors get their products sold to patients. This needs to stop!

I have had major asthma problems for years - usually needing prednisone 3 or 4 times a year, using albuterol inhaler around the clock. I have been using Advair for about 2 months now and I have had absolutely no asthma attacks at all. I can exercise and feel like a normal person for the first time in years. I have had several side effects that are problematic - one of them being dizziness, scratchy thoat and chronic sinus congestion. What is worse, debilitating asthma or a chronic sinus infection? I have decided breathing is better than anything so I will stay on it.

My 4 year old daughter was put on Advair about 3 months ago and within the last 3 weeks has been experiencing an unbelievable increase in her need to urinate. We have had her to the pediatrician 4 times in that window as well as urgent care and to a pediatric urologist. She underwent a renal ultrasound and was put on Ditropan. There is no underlying infection, the Ditropan hasn't helped her urge to go potty at all - in fact she had some severe reactions to it - and no one can give me any answers. In the meantime, this she is feeling the need to pee every five minutes AROUND THE CLOCK and simply can't go. No one in our house is sleeping because of it, her head hurts and she has this general feeling of being sick. In fact, her overall behavior and attitude has changed markedly in the last few months - tantrums, easily frustrated, moody. None of the Docs we've seen has linked these symptoms to Advair. We didn't give her the evening dose tonight, so we'll see if it makes a difference in her sleep. Anyone else with kiddos experiencing similar effects?