Advair HFA and phlem

My Son have been taking Advair for over a year now....he just recently started complaining about coughing up rocks along with phlem.....Has any one heard of this? He is very healthy and take no other meds.

Thanks,
-B

I have been taking advair 2x per day for about 2 1/2 weeks. I have experienced the hoarseness and difficulty singing. I have also been caughing up a LOT of phlem. I was put on advair because of a severe bronchial episode, caughing so hard I was bursting blood vessels in my lungs (just little spots of blood). In the past 2 days I have been caughing up solid masses of blood. I don't know if this is related to the advair, but I am worried. I am also on singulair, prednezone, and the albuterol rescue inhaler, and I have been taking claritin, so I don't know if that particular simptom was caused by the advair or one of my other meds.

I finally know what is wrong with me and I think I can help some other people also...so I felt compelled to post!

I have been on Advair for almost 5 years and have experienced weight gain (35 lbs), heart rate increase, anxiety and just over all restlessness. Now, my asmtha is under control, but I have had voice problems and continuous phlem in the back of my throat.

I have gone to a wonderful speech pathologist that told me that a lot of this was due to Advair. He asked me to cut down and once my pulmonary specialist heard that he was angry. The pathologist told me to drink a lot of water, but in small sips. Don't drink hot liquids, coffee, caffine and to constantly chew gum or have candy to keep your saliva glands working. Don't whisper! It's worse for your voice. Also, if you use albuterol use a dispenser chamber that will slow down the dosage...there you go...about 1000K of advice from a pro!

I am looking into other avenues to treat my asmtha after reading your posts. I am 27 and the symptoms are just not worth the pain they cause. Hopefully Advair will fix these symptoms, but it is pretty powerful stuff!

I am seventy years old, and have been on advair 250/50 for about a year. I have a bad cough since starting Advair, thick phlem, thrush in my throat. insomnia, terrible bone pain in both legs, cramps in my feet at any time of the day,chest pain, and just recently a compression fracture. I am taking Fosamax to help build bone, but the insert for Advair says,"may cause bone loss" I'm fighting a losing battle. Am now on 100/50 once a day. Hope to get off of Advair soon!!

Out of desparation I went on the internet today to see if anyone else besides myself was having adverse reactions. I went to the Dr. yesterday and neither one of us could figure out why I was hoarse,throat full of phlem, felt like I had a lump in my throat and it felt tight. Kept feeling like I had to swallow. The roof of my mouth is sore and my toungue is sore. Funny taste in my mouth. Acid reflux. Prilosec no longer working. Running a fever last week of 102 degrees. Yesterday when I took my morning dose of advair it fellt like my mouth was on fire. Constant non stop post nasal drip, which made me feel like I constantly had to swallow. Felt paniky. Desided to take myself off Advair today. I'm already feeling better. My voice is coming back to normal. The thick phlem is subsiding and the swelling and tightness in my neck is almost gone. Weight gain of 20 lbs in the last year. The advair was actually triggering bronchitis and was also causing acid reflux. The medication prilosec, nexium,protonix etc. can increase your chance of getting pneumonia and upper respritory problems. I was not diagnosed with asthma, yet the Nurse Practioner was treating me with aggressive asthma medication, which over time was worse than the original symptoms. By the way Flovent and advair are the same thing so I also took myself off flovent. I went to the health food store and bought allergy 10 and echinacea. Echinacea boosts the immune system and acts like an antibiotic, but should not be taken for more than 6 to 8 weeks at a time. Allergy 10 can be take indefinately.

Hi there, 35 y/o male, in decent shape (though have moderate to severe allergies and get reoccuring sinus infections). In Mid-Nov '04 was diagnosed with acute bronchitis and was perscribed a Z-pak and 500/50 Advair diskette. Symptoms improved some, the wheezing I was experiencing subsided. So after a few weeks of taking the Advair I started to get this deep phlem, in my epoglotis/trachea area. Seemed I was always having to clear my throat, was getting very annoyed and concerned. So I went and saw a Ear, Nose & Throat MD who diagnosed me with GERD. Put me on a very restrictive diet, non dairy products, no caffiene, alcohol, sleep w/head propped up at a 30 degree angle, and yada yada. Also perscribed Protonox for acid reflux. Well, it seemed to help some, but now that I think about it, it kind of coinincides with my Advair perscription running out. Then I started getting the slight wheeze back, my doc put me back on Advair 100/50 2x/day. The whole time though I've had this persistent annoying phlem issue, I thought maybe it was still atributed to the GERD, but now after reading all of your posts, I'm beginning to think it might be caused from the Advair. Long story short, seems I've had this phlem issue, dry throat, some dry cough and I'd say a 10lbs weight gain in the four (4) or so months I've been on Advair. Am I going nuts, or could the phlem issue really be caused by the Advair? Feel free to email me at ****** if you have/are experiencing the same/similar symptoms. Bye the way, I'm going to ditch my Advair today and see how it goes.

I have had the cough from hell since I started Advair about two weeks ago. I mean an intense, violent, uncontrollable cough. Right at the back of my throat and down some. Major phlem production as well. I think it's time to try something else.

I have been on advair for just over 2 months, i too have had all the symptoms that all of you have experianced , and stopped taking the advair as well. My symptoms are severe muscle weakness, pneumonia, thrush, major phlem, hoarness, neck pain, mood swings, aggression, excitability, weight gain (25lbs. in 2 months), i was givin advair for COPD, and i told my dr. of my change in symptoms, and they said it could not possibally be the advair millions of people are taking it . So i took it upon myself to stop taking it its only been 2 days without it, and i have yet to start feeling better.