Flovent side effects inhaler
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Severent (salmeterol) can have very serious side effects, death being the most notable. Flovent is a corticosteroid. Read the FDA warnings of February 2010.
Like you I have moderately severe COPD. I use Duoneb (similar to combivent) in a nebulizer and find it very helpful. I discontinued the use of Advair (which is basically a combination of Serevent and Flovent) because it almost killed me (choking). It also caused adrenal fatigue, was harming my eyes, and was subverting my immune system.
If you use your Flovent with a spacer, that will help to reduce any side effects you may have. However, I'm really quite surprised that you aren't on a long acting bronchodilator along with your inhaled steroid, it is more effective then combining two steroid inhalers together.
What sort of allergy symptoms are you having to your inhalers? Wheezing after taking it? Or developing hives?
Xopenex is a rescue inhaler, that means you have to use this when he has an episode of Asthma. Flovent is a steroid inhaler. This are preventive inhalers. The type of drug commonly used in preventer inhalers is a steroid. Steroids work by reducing the inflammation in the airways. When the inflammation has gone, the airways are much less likely to become narrow and cause symptoms such as wheezing.
Steroid inhalers are usually taken twice per day.
Understand your predicament. Flovent inhaler contains steroids and is given to prevent an attack of asthma. Ventolin inhalers contain the active ingredient salbutamol, which is a type of medicine known as a short-acting beta 2 agonist. This is given when a person actually has an attack of Asthma, and is referred to as an ‘escape inhaler’. It would be good to have it with you, handy to use it when you need it. Please discuss this with your doctor am sure he will provide further assistance.
I am using advair for my asthma and it seems to help with those symptoms and I also have a rescue inhaler Flovent. But i do clean my advair diskus before and after each use. I dont have any infections in my mouth or lung i just have the white mucus and it has only been happening for two months and I have been using the advair about a year now. I heard from someone that the white mucus could be from allergies...is that true?
Advair is a combination medication. It has an ihaled corticosteroird (ICS) and a long acting beta2 agonist (LABA - long acting broncho dilater). It is not recommended that you stop taking the ICS all at once. It is a steroid, although it doesn't have the same side effects of oral steroids. The ICS is really the primary treatment for asthma.
After you are feeling better, you can discus trying an ICS only medication like Asmanex or Alvesco with your doctor.
I am now 21 and it seems like I get shortness of breath a lot lately . I use flovent everyday twice a day and I use my ventilin as needed. but you can only use the venilin 4 to 6 hours after each use. sometimes my ventilin doesn't even help. i do have anxiety and that gives me shortness of breath a lot too. i have been using vicks up to 3 times a day everyday for a little over a month now. is it safe to use it everyday?
Does anyone get a racing heart from taking flovent, or has expienced dizzeness, short of breath and lots of headaches?
We did test out the flovent inhaler again (the allergist was interested to see if this had the same effect as last time.) Sure enough within 2 days the rash cleared up perfectly, we stopped after a week and the rash was back. At this point our next step is to continue to wait for the dermatologist appointment or go back to the allergist and discuss the oral antibiotics. So frustrating if this turns out to be an undocumented side effect of stopping flovent.
I take more when I have bad attacks (maximum of 10 mg/day) and less when I just have wheezing (minimum of 3 mg/day) There are no side effects for me except having difficulty sleeping sometimes. I take 3mg of melatonin to address that.
My question is, how long can I be taking this dosage? Indefinitely till I have just have some wheezing and mild attacks?
Flovent is a corticosteroid with serious side effects Among them are osteoporosis, overgrowth of Candida albicans, adrenal problems, cataracts, and on and on.
In addition to Ventolin you can use natural anti-inflammatories. There are many - vitamin C, vitamin B6, mullein, marshmallow, boswellia, ginger, and on and on. I use a nebulized albuterol combination (Duoneb) as the only prescription. I no longer use inhaled steroids after developing serious problems.
( anyone know any tips to get me to relax? I do take my inhaler but doesnt help my anxiety, makes my heart beat faster! Also i was wondering if all of you do take your prenatals? I had stopped for a while cause it made me throw up and i believe the reason to constipation and lately ive been sooo weak!;( i get dizzy really fast even when washing dishes or small activity.. Was it cause i stopped taking my prenatals? I just took one right now cause its bothersome to be soooo dizzyyy!!
I was then given Advair Diskus 250/50, after 2 1/2 months called the doctor because of using emergency inhaler Albuterol Sulfate 90mgc min 10 times a day.
Albuterol created a vocal cord problem. Now been put on Flovent Diskus 100mgc and continue the Albuterol. Question, do the Flovent and Advair have the fluticasone propionate ingredient in common? Tonight will be my 1st use of the Flovent.
Concerned that I may have a mitral valve problem plus the emphysema.
It sounds like asthma to me also. First she does need an accurate diagnosis from a doctor. If she is diagnosed with asthma, I would recommend discussing the pre-treatment use of her rescue inhaler before she engages in very active play like running. She should use the inhaler about 15 - 20 minutes before playing if possible. If she can't do that, use the inhaler and then have her start playing at a slower pace than normal - ie warm-up pace. This should really help her play time.
I am NO doctor, simply a fellow asthma sufferer - but I definitely think the Flovent IS causing Cushing's. You actually are on DOUBLE the recommended dose of the Flovent - normally is it only used twice a day.
It's very important, both because of the high dose you've been on and the amount of time you've been on it, that you taper your dose of the Flovent slowly and do not stop it abruptly. Doing so could cause many major problems.
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