Advair bronchitis
Common Questions and Answers about Advair bronchitis
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The manufacturer does not lay much emphasis on deaths caused by Advair, a rather spectacular side effect. I stopped using it because it caused severe bronchitis (which I thought mistakenly was part of a worsening illness). I stopped cold turkey after almost choking to death. And, guess what, I have mild chronic bronchitis.
Hi there, I have been diagnosed with mild Chronic Bronchitis. Now I have seen that it says that you have a persistent cough. I do not cough at all. I just feel like I have to clear my chest or throat quite a bit. My Fev1 was 82% pre and 88% post. My FEV1/FVC was 66.7%. I have had another Respo say it is asthma. All I know is that sometimes I feel like I have something stuck in my throat lower down or some pressure in my chest. I am 36 and my blood pressure is excellent.
Thank you for your time and thoroughness in your answer. I am a smoker @ 25 pack years and am 46. They tested me for HIV - negative but I do have ANA positive. I was exposed to old bird droppings when first moving into my home. Plus I had an MRSA abscess in armpit that took 3 months to clear up last year, but that I believe is unrelated. I really appreciate your answer and will attempt to obtain the old x-rays and have them sent to my current doctor who found the nodule.
Forgot to mention that that Advair also gave a case of severe bronchitis (which I falsely assumed was a worsening of my condition) which kept me coughing all day and all night. The FDA issued a warning last February about salmeterol (one of the components of Advair), but I found the same problem when I tried an inhaled steroid that did not contain it.
My doctor told me I had chronic bronchitis and I now take medication (Advair) for it but I want to know if chronic bronchitis is contagious. I know that acute bronchitis is contagious but I didn't think chronic bronchitis was. I'm asking because my boyfriend says that everyday after he sees me his throat feels sore and he starts coughing a lot with a lot of mucus. I smoke and he doesn't.
why do i cough up blood? my dr. has tried to explain it to me, something about air ways, air vents, etc. i do this the majority of the time maybe 2 days in between doing so. sometimes it's bright red and then sometimes a darker pink. i have 50% breathing capacity and am on oxygen. it's real scary even though i've been told not to worry about it. i take advair and spiriva and don't cough up that much but when i do and it is very little.
This year I developed bronchitis in April and was sick for two months. After taking antibiotics, allergy meds and inhalers, I recovered. I continued on the allergy meds. A little over two months later the cough started up again. The doc put me back on Advair. I used it for two months and continued getting worse. I saw the doctor and he put me on Ventolin with my Advair and antibiotic. I saw him a week later worse and with thrush in my mouth and throat.
I have had constant wheezing in my chest since Jan and it is now May 8, 08. I am very athletic, don't smoke, eat healthy and take of myself. I have gone to see the doctors and what they generally tell me is I have bronchitis and prescribe antibiotics which I have read don't work for bronchitis. They also tell me I have asthma which I developed as an adult. I just refuse to succumb to this diagnosis’s.
I am supposed to take advair 250/50 twice a day. I have not been taking it because it is so expensive. I took it the last couple of days because I was having a hard time with fatigue. I took it and man I felt great! Now I got thrush again! Every time I use that stuff I get thrush even tho I rinse my mouth with saltwater! I also noticed it makes me cough! Anyone else have these problems?
I was told in feb of 2010 that I had bronchitis, a virus and my xrays showed Hyperflated (spelling) lungs, which told them I had a start of Emphysema. I got sick with a cold in Aug of 2010 and it continued thru Oct of 2010 when I finally couldnt take it anymore so I went to the hospital to get medical attention. They took xrays, gave me a breathing treatment, told me I was having an exaerbation from my emphysema.
I take my rescue inhaler only when absolutely needed. I had no meds like Advair and Spiriva last winter. And I only had bronchitis once. Went to my family doctor and got an antibiotic for that. I am not suggesting everyone give up their breathing meds. NOT AT ALL. But, personally for me, I am doing better without all those meds. Sure I have symptoms. Some days I do good. Other days not so good. But, at least I am not getting sick nearly as much, while I was being given Advair and Spiriva.
I just got over bronchitis a month ago and they gave me the steroids, advair and a powerful antibiotic. I feel so bad for you, it just seems they didn't give you anything fo the fever and it might be an infection. I don't know what Protonix is. There has been a really bad virus going around this year that turns into bronchitis. I wonder if that is what you have on top of your asthma. I got it really, really bad even though I'd had a flu shot this year.
I was dx a few months back. Take advair twice a day (was taking singulair too, but it gave me a headache) & take aciphex daily for gerd. the aciphex has helped w/ the coughing some, but i still cough a good bit...sometimes to the point of dizziness. If I laugh, I cough. Any suggestions?
I have been prescribed just about every inhaler known to man, including Advair and those do not help. I have recently been put on a Mucomyst treatment twice daily and that has helped some, but not much. It seems like I can breathe in deeply, but get no benefit from the breath. The best way to describe it is that my lungs feel like they weigh 100 pounds. They just always feel very heavy. I was hoping someone might have similar symptoms and had a diagnosis.
I have emphysema. i use advair twice a day and spiriva one a day. The biggest problem for me is that I always seem to havemucus build up in the mornings. My doctor has told me to try mucinex, but that doesn't seem to work all the time. So i try using albuterol in the morning to help loosen up the mucus so that I can breath better.
In fact I am doing better than I did on Advair. And - no side effects. I realize now that the serious bronchitis I was suffering was caused by Advair. The only prescribed drug I now use is Duoneb (albuterol and ipatroprium) in a nebulizer.
My guess would be if it is day 5 without the inhalers, then they should be out of your system. I too had problems with Advair and Spiriva. I was diagnosed in Oct. 07 with moderate COPD. Was put on Advair, Spiriva and ProAir as my rescue inhaler. After being on the Advair and Spiriva for several months, I began to become ill. Spent the sickest winter of my life, while on these inhalers. Bronchitis, pneumonia and pleurisy that was so painful for 3 months. I was doing okay before the inhalers.
Two years ago she needed to use Duoneb via nebulizer. She was not short of breath at any time but had a few bouts with chronic bronchitis. Since moving to Florida a year ago, her husband died in Dec of 2007 and she is now short of breath. Her pulmonologist in FL took her off all of lung medications and within 3 days she was wheezing like a maniac. Pulmonologist thinks that she has never had COPD and is checking into pulmonary fibrosis.
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