Advair HFA and fingers

I take Advair 250. Recently, I have been bruising very easily on my hands. Three days ago I accidently hit my hand against a wall and my hand is now all black and blue and painful. I have also had muscle spasms in my legs and a tingling sensation in my fingers. I am discontinuing this medication

I have had asthma since I was 7 and I'm 45 now. Since I have started using Advair 3 years now I have not had an episode of an asthma attack. However, as of recent I have had very (real) and constant pain in my elbow joint and numbness and tingling in my hand and fingers. It's as if the muscle has been injured.

I just started Advair 250/50 a few days ago - the dose is 2x per day. My asthma is better, but I've noticed tingling and numbness in my arms and lower legs. I was on Flovent previously and this never happened before. I'm going to try dropping to 1x per day on the Advair to see if this helps. Has anyone else experienced this? TA

Wow! Maybe I'm not just falling apart. I was put on advair 500/50 2 months ago after a 12 day stay in the hospital for status asthmaticus. I was on the ventilator for 3 of those days then bipap. I have gained 13 lbs, and have joint pain-worse in my fingers. My fingers also feel stiff. Thrush has been a constant problem that started before I even left the hospital. I also have mouth pain even when there are signs of thrush. Now I have 2 strange looking small white bumps on the roof of my mouth on the soft palate. It seems different than thrush. I found thisweb site trying to figure out if it is a side effect. I had no idea that all of these other symptoms I have been having were from the advair. I have so much anxiety and nervousness that i shake sometimes. I am also very moody and have no sex drive. I have headaches almost every day. I do not have the leg and foot cramps, but I do have muscle tightness and pain in my back. I just cannot believe this. My pulmonoligist kinda looked at me like I was crazy when I was telling him about all of these strange symptoms that I have been having. I was beginning to think maybe I was! I stay tired all of the time and have no energy. I am also on singulair, protonix for GERD, and i take flovent and xopenix nebulizer, and allbuterol inhaler. my asthma has been pretty much under control compared to what it was, but I still cough and wheeze. I'm scared to take myself off of it. I don't want to end up back in the hospital again.

I only used advair for one month,for bronchitis, and I have mild asthma, and I expereinced eye pains, and foot locking up, and stiff fingers.and joint pains.
Some of these side effects happened after I weaned myself off advair.
I still get eye pain, and need to get it checked.
During the time I used advair, I had a very dry mouth and sore throat, and difficulty breathing.
I still get the sore throat now and then, and I have been off advair for two months.....so I am not sure what it is.
Scary thought that advair is listed as a black warning drug...the most serious kind of warning for a drug.

I've been on advair 100/50 (twice a day) for only a week and got the following:

upset stomach, runny nose, muscle and bone pains - arms fingers, hoarsness, red dots on my skin, shakyness/nervousness

Asthma has improved significantly though.

Has anyone noticed while taking Advair-Circulation problem?
The fingers in my hands become red with use including my palms but at rest they become normal color.
If anyone has had this bizarre symptom please post!

I was prescribed 250/50 Advair, twice a day. Within several days it was noticably helping my breathing. Right away the side effects I had were a dry, raspy throat and hoarseness, which I could live with. Then I got continual sores on my mouth and tongue dispite rinsing after the Advair. I was still thinking I could live with that since I was breathing so much better. I had a lot of indigestion and was constipated, which I was still thinking I could probably live with. BUT after about 2 months of taking the Advair I was noticing a lot of joint pain; most noticable in my fingers, thumbs, wrists and hip. That scared me so I started researching the harder to find effects of taking Advair. I finally decided the cure wasn't worth the unknown damage it was inflicting on my body, so I quit taking it. I just stopped - no bad side effects from stopping it abrubtly, and the joint pain decreased pretty fast. I've been off it for about a month now; can't breathe as well but my fingers and wrists and hips don't hurt anymore and the sores in my mouth have gone away as well as the heartburn and constipation. I think it's a pretty scary drug that's prescribed way too frequently and way too fast without enough research.

worsening of muscle spasms in hands , fingers and back. my left hand curled up and looked very distorted tonight at dinner.
Did you all know that: YOU HAVE TO HAVE PERMANENT COMPLICATIONS AND THERE BE A NONDISCLOSED SIDE EFFECTS ; TO HAVE A CASE AGAINST MAKERS OF ADVAIR..
SUCH A SHAME.!!

but; i found a loophole ..

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 have used Advair two years 50/250 dosage. In the last week I broke out with splotches and bumps over most of my body after inhaling my dosage. I stoped taking it but still having minor outbreaks after waking up in the mornings. Since quiting usage the pain in the joints of my fingers has stopped. My breathing is still ok. I have COPD and the Advair seemed to help me take deep breathing and I was able to stop using combivent. I have slight memory problems but use notes to keep myself reminded of items for the day. I'm one month from turning sixty. RGB

Debilitating pain in fingers, wrists, knees and ankles, similar to what I imagine arthritis must be. Pain is severe in particular joint for a couple of days and then seems to "travel" to a new joint.

I got on this site just to see if all the side effects I am having since starting Advair is my imagination and now I hate to say, I see it is not. I was scared to death to start this steroid because I have taken steroid's off and on my whole life for my asthma. I have ended up with a depressed immune system and in the hospital every few months when on them and they have a lingering effect sometimes for up to a year or more.
My Respiratory specialist assured me, that being an inhaled steroid, Advair has a very very minimal systemic effect. Well obviously that is not true for everyone! I am having just about all of the side effects that a lot of the other of you are having. Even though, I rinse my mouth out carefully after each inhalation. I am on the 500/50 dose. I have been on it only 2 weeks. I can't quit eating! I crave something constantly and have already gained about 7 pounds this last two weeks. My face is breaking out and I have pain so bad in my hands, fingers, and legs. I have fibromyalgia and arthritis also and have a lot of pain, but this is different and much worse!
My eye sight seems to be getting worse, and I can't even see to read well with my glasses. I too am very disapointed because as far as my asthma, it is much better and I could see a difference from the very first inhalation. I am due for a dose right now, and I am not taking it. I am done. The side effects are not worth the better breathing.
I have headaches, swelling of the face, hands, fingers, and legs. I have pain in my chest and I feel generally achy all over. I have also been feeling extra moody. These are steroid effects!!

I got on this site just to see if all the side effects I am having since starting Advair is my imagination, I see it is not. I was scared to death to start this steroid because I have taken them off and on all my life for my asthma. I have ended up with a suppressed immune system and in the hospital every few months when on them and they have a lingering effect sometimes for up to a year or more. My Respiratory specialist assured me, that being an inhaled steroid, Advair has a very minimal systemic effect. Well obviously that is not true for everyone!
I am having a lot of the same side effects that some of you are having, even though, I rinse my mouth out carefully after each inhalation. I am on the 500/50 dose.
I have been on it only 2 weeks and
I can not quit eating! I crave something constantly and have already gained about 7 pounds this last two weeks. My face is breaking out and I have pain so bad in my hands, fingers, and legs. I have fibromyalgia and arthritis also and have a lot of pain, but this is different and more intense! My eye sight has gotten worse too, and it is a strain to see well enough to read even with my glasses on.
I too am very disappointed because I could breathe better from the very first inhalation. I am due for a dose right now, and I am not taking it. I am done. The side effects are not worth the better breathing. I have headaches, swelling of the face, hands, fingers, and legs. I have pain in my chest and terrible bloating in my abdomen. I feel generally achy all over. I have also been very moody. These are steroid effects!!

I'm 38 and have been on Singulair and Flovent for years then my Dr recommended Advair. I was on Advair for about 2 weeks and noticed I had a lot of itching on my back and neck... everywhere really... and when I would scratch I would develop big welts. I would develop welts just by brushing up against my skin. I also started to have joint pain in my knuckles and fingers. I thought it way be due to allergy season but I had never experienced this before.

I called my Dr and he said to stop and see him in a few days.... we'll see.

Too bad, because I don't ever remember having such clear lungs and breathing.