Advair HFA and funny thing

I was diagnosed with adult allergic asthma one year ago at 38 years old. I started having problems breathing ONLY AT NIGHT on occasion and palpitations. Had a physical and ekg, totally normal. Went to allergist and they said I have alot of allergies and diagnosed me with the asthma. Funny thing, weeks before I niked 20 miles, hiked 12 miles, canoed 3 miles, played golf in a 3 day span and no problems. Since they told me this and started me on advair I haven't been able to jog more than 2 miles or bike more than 8 to 10.

Its very strange indeed, I have gotten more paranoid feelings when just get a little out of breath, and sometimes cant keep still in a car or sitting down.

I cut back on sugar, sodium and started exercising a little every day, only 15 minutes. But came down with a cold recently and back to square one. I am trying to take the advair only ONCE a day instead of twice and almost feel withdrawal symptoms like shakiness, paranoia, irritability. Does anyone have any idea about this? I am really confused! Thanks... J

I was on advair for close to a year. I noticed that the longer I was on the medication the worse my breathing became. I have stopped taking the medication and wish I never would have started taking it. Since I have been off the medication, I have been to the hospital with attacks two times. And the funny thing is, I have not had an attack prior to the episodes I have had in the past year since I was six years old and I am now thirty-one.

I have been on Advair since it first came out and am so glad I found this site!! I have so many of the symptoms listed here. I thought I was falling apart. At first, I felt so much better taking Advair than Pulmacort. Then, I started getting terrible stomach pain, diarhea, constipation, gas and bloating. I have awful abdominal and breast swelling, breast itching, and menstrual cramps. I have fibromyalgia, but wonder if the Advair has not made things worse. My left hip and leg absolutely kill most of the time. Funny thing is my sister had all the same symptoms after starting on Advair. I do believe that the manufacturer must be aware of these side effects and fear that, like Vioxx, it'll go unchallenged. I am contacting my doctor to get off this medication. I look back over the last 3-4 years of such a decline in my health status and wonder if this all leads back to Advair.

Thank God I took the initiative to find this web site! As a Registered Respiratory Therapist, I can say I am absolutely floored by the entries I have read! The following will make some absolutely gasp with fright because of the age, but my 4 year old was started on advair 2 months ago. He has exercised-induced asthma and we needed some maintenance therapy started so he could "play" with his friends at preschool. Just this past week, he has now become hoarse. I couldn't understand where the problem was coming from because he had no fever nor runny nose, etc. Well, just so happened that this morning, he ran out of the diskus. Now, this afternoon, the hoarseness is slowly going away! That's the end of Advair, I just hope we can find a solution. Looks like it is back to the old trusty albuterol inhaler. Please parents, don't start your children on this medication! Funny thing is, I was very hesitant about this medication to start with and actually got on the internet reading all the information I could about it before administering it. As I go back into my practice ( I now instruct), I will definitely share all the stories I have read with physicians, students, and fellow co-workers in the medical field. THANKS to all who entered a comment, you may have just saved my precious son's life!