Is serevent safe
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Serevent is indeed a beta-agonist and capable of causing tachycardia, especially in individuals who may be sensitive to the actions of this class of drugs. That may be the case with you. The terminal half life of salmeterol xinafoate (Serevent) is stated to be about 5-6 hours with total excretion in about a week.
Serevent and meds like it are long acting beta2 agonists (long acting broncho dilaters). They are standard treatment for COPD and perfectly safe for that disease. The problem comes in when they are used long term for asthma, and them mainly when no inhaled steroid is used. The only people who have had a problem with these meds are asthmatics. It is not clear exactly what the problem is, but some believe that it is inappropriate use of the medication - ie using it as a rescue inhaler.
Advair can affect the heart. I know someone who cannot take it for that very reason. (Simbacort is the same way.) See if you can get a script for Flovent. It does not have the Serevent like Advaid and Simbacort.
Flovent is a corticosteroid for inflammation and serevent is a long acting bronchodialator. Serevent is the drug that can interfere with heart rhythm.
When I started having symptoms in April, I stopped using Advair and now I only use Flovent. When I saw my pulmonologist I told him that I was only taking flovent (he had given me a prescription for both to use when my asthma got really bad.) He agreed with my decision.
There are ICS only medications that may work better for you. Alvesco is a small particle ICS that shoulce reduce that problem. I tried it, but it was ineffective for me. I hope it works for you. If you do need a LABA as well, Serevent comes as a stand alone ICS. An LABA should always be used lin combinationwith ICS by asthmatics wheter in a combination med or as two stand alone meds.
I hope that helps you.
God bless.
My girlfriend has been suffering with Asthma in the past few years- She was diagnosed when she was 19 - has been admitted to ICU twice and is now on medication to deal with the asthma- the problem is she is experiencing high levels of cholestrol (about 6.20) and she is not obese and watches her diet carefully. The doctors cant determine the reason for the high cholestrol? What can she do ? Your help will be appreciated. Thanks!
Hello again. Serevent is a long acting beta2 agonist (LABA) or long acting broncho dilater in laymen's terms. All LABAs are not recommend for asthmatics unless they are using an inhaled corticosteroid - I assume that is what the cortisone is. You might want to talk to your dr about a combination med like Symbicort, Advair or the new Dulera. The other issue with LABAs is that people try to use them as rescue inhalers.
The inhaled steroid Flovent® (fluticasone propionate) has a half life of around 5 hours, so it would be totally out of your system in a few days. The inhaled long-acting bronchodilator Serevent® (salmeterol) has a similar half life, so it would be totally out of your system after 5 days.
When steroid side effects occur, they may linger for weeks or even months after the medicine has been stopped.
This would include a long-acting bronchodilator, such as Serevent® Inhalation Aerosol (salmeterol xinafoate), Foradil® Aerolizer™ (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder) or Spiriva® HandiHaler® (tiotropium bromide inhalation powder) along with an inhaled steroid. Another potentially helpful, oral medicine is called theophylline. Your doctor may also want to prescribe this.
You should have your blood oxygen level checked, in case it is low and you would need supplemental oxygen.
The “near fatal reaction” may have had a component of airway inflammation, that served to “tip-off” your asthma, much as can happen with a severe respiratory infection, such as bronchitis, resulting in what is called bronchial hyperreactivity, a feature of asthma. What you have experienced may or may not be asthma in the conventional sense but be more akin to a condition called reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS). This latter may take weeks, months or longer to eventually subside.
While it is known that high doses, much higher than Advair™ Diskus® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Powder 500/50, of long-acting bronchodilator medicines, such as the Serevent® (salmeterol) in Advair™ Diskus® (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol) Inhalation Powder, can cause abnormal heart rhythms, this is rare.
can you post his WBC and Differential?
What meds (name, dose, frequency) is he taking for his asthma and eczema? Where is his current infection located (a wound, lungs?)
What drug was he prescribed (the one that compromises the immune system) When did he take it (dates to and from) and what was the dosage?
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