What you describe is probably being caused by the inhaled steroid (ICS) in these 2 preparations fluticasone in the Advair® and budesonide in the Symbicort®. And, it may be dose related, so that the first step would be for you and your doctor to consider reducing the strength of the ICS. You may be able to get optimum therapeutic benefit, with diminished side-effects, at the lower dose.
Hi i am having throat tightness everyday for 15 years. I am regularly using Ventloin, Fomertrol+budesonide and Motelukast+LC. The only problem is breathlessness arising from throat tightness. I never wheeze in the life. The throat tightness is getting reduced when i take Ventolin. The doctor say i don't have to take ventolin beacause Fomertrol+budesonide and Motelukast+LC. will prevent the difficulty. But only medicines which seems to be working is Ventolin and Motelukast+LC.
Kids and the elderly could benefit from different inhaler models. Spacer devices or dry powder inhalers (DPIs) with simpler mechanisms may be more suitable for younger children than conventional metered-dose inhalers (MDIs), which may be difficult for them to use.
When picking out an inhaler, think about how much it will cost, how portable it is, and how easy it is to use.
I've recently been diagnosed with asthma and was prescribed ventolin and budesonide inhalers. After a few days of suffering side effects and getting much worse I went back to the doctor and he confirmed that I am allergic to budesonide, which he said is quite unusual. He prescribed me atrovent but from what I understand it is usually a substitute for ventolin not steroids.
Advair Discus is a dry powder medication. It has large particles of powder that land on the vocal cords and irritate them. While inhaled steroids can cause this problem on there own, I have found the the dry powder medications are much worse for this.
As a fellow singer, I recommend that you try the HFA version of Advair or Symbicort. Symbicort tends to be a little cheaper. It works great for most people, but I didn't metabolize it well at all and nose dived on it.
s a human supplement but safe for cats. Comes in powder form, needs to be mixed with some water to make a gruel than give by dropper. Called slippery elm bark, I buy the NOW brand from iherb.
For the past three days I have had a non-productive dry cough which has me fatigued, feeling heaviness in my chest and a little short of breath at times. I am a healthy 67 yr old, do not smoke, have high blood pressure or heart problems other than a rapid pulse [from 80-110 depending on activity]. I have recently and in the past cleaned my bathroom floors with straight chlorine bleach on the floor pouring water over it and mopping. The odor is strong and I must keep the door closed.
It may seem like a bother right now but so is carrying an oxygen tank.
What strength are you on? Also, are you on the discus or the Hfa? Dry powder inhalers like the discus can cause more irritation because of the size of the particles and they contain milk. Also, dry powder inhalers are hard to use. I would suggest that if you really need a maintenance med that you ask about an Hfa version and get a spacer to take it with.
Take care and feel better.
What kind of inhaler did the Dr. give you? If it's asthma, you need two types of inhaler-- one to treat your lungs long-term (doesn't give relief of cough/symptoms straight away, but is used every single day, usually morning AND night, to build up the strength of your lungs, decreasing the attacks of coughing and lessening the need of other inhaler) and a relief inhaler that is used on-the-spot when it's needed, i.
I have had 5 back surgeries and have rods from L-2 to S-1, I am on alot of medicine because of this. For my lungs I take brovana, budesonide, and mucomyst in my nebulizer, spiriva, predisone, and pro air inhaler. The doctor had me start taking prilosec 2 x a day for a month to see if it helps with my acid problem which can effect the lungs.
Thank You for any help you can give me!
I've had asthma since I was 10 yrs old, I'm now 27. I've played soccer since I was a kid and never had any serious issues. About 2 yrs ago I had a real bad cold/sinus infection and ended up in the ER because of my asthma. Ever since then, I have not been able to get my asthma under control. I've been prescribed almost everything you can think of, steroids, albuterol, xopenex (inhaler and inhalation solution), budesonide, mucinex and that's just for my asthma.
I took Primatene mist for asthma 2 months back but my doctor asked me to stop using it and prescribed PREDNISONE, ALBUTEROL inhaler and BUDESONIDE and I have been taking these for past two months. My tests came negative. My question are 1) Is test conclusive? 2) Does medications mentioned above cause false negative?
3) It was 8 panel test which includes Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HSV 1, HSV 2, HIV and syphilis. All except HSV 1 came negative.
It was great, it even allowed me to travel to Europe. The cyclosporine I was taking was a powder in a capsule, apparently this has been taken off the market and instead I took the same medication, but it was in the form of a capsule with alcohol. Unfortunately, after a short time, I was right back to before treatment. And have been avoiding culprit foods ever since.
Doctors gave me an inhaler, Ventolin, then gave me a steroid inhaler later. The probable cause for my asthma is anxiety - I have anxiety problems and have trouble relaxing/ irrationally get anxious. Have had anxiety symptoms before - palpitations, frequent urination, shaking, occasional panic attacks, think it eventually took its toll on me and affecting my airways, resulting in asthma. It doesn't seem too serious, but I get breathless easily, which scares me.
I have a dog with IBD and he takes a compounded steroid called Budesonide everyday plus an enzyme supplement called Prozyme and stays on a strict diet of a fish and pot dry kibble. He still flares up every few months with bloody diarrhea which then we start up sulfasalazine 3 times a day which usually calms things down within a few days and after a week or 2 he's back on track.
Have the docs suggested the use of a steroid such as budesonide for awhile to see if it can tamp down the symptoms? You also need to worry about taking things such as vitamins and any other pills, so you may want to discontinue them until you can tamp down her digestive response. EE can be very difficult to treat. I'm sorry to hear your daughter is experiencing the problem.
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