Kitty 34
Hums in her sleep
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- Feb 16, 2000
I've been on Advair 500/50 since it went on the market, I think... it's been 10+ years. If I take it daily, I rarely have ANY issues. I only have real issues when I get bronchitis or pneumonia, which means I have to reach for my Albuterol and nebulizer.
It's been a great drug for me!
I wish I could say the same. Since I started this thread and these various drugs, Advair just isn't for me. I wake up in a complete fog and headaches. I took it without using anything else to make sure it was just the Advair.
DS has had asthma since he was about 4. The frequency and severity has differed over the years. It seems to be mostly allergy or upper respiratory infection induced. Exercise does not seem to trigger it unless he has a cold or allergy problems.
We really did not want to keep him on something every day if we did not have to. Plus nothing we tried seemed to work completely. As someone else mentioned, the side effects on the product inserts are scary. Right now as he lives in a small apt. with a roommate that has 2 cats (and cats are one of his triggers) he has been having more problems with it. He has been using zyrtec and Advair and says it seems to be helping this time. He also does not go anywhere without his albuterol rescue inhaler. (Don't get me started on the change of the albuterol inhalers about 5 years ago. The new ones don't work as well as the old, but I guess we are saving the ozone layer from all the asthmatics ) About 18 months ago the doctor wanted to put him on Singulair. DS had tried it in the past and it didn't work completely. And after reading the side effects we chose not to go that route.
Good luck Kitty on finding a combination that works for you. It can be very frustrating.
Amen to that!! Right now I just use the inhaler but I might go back to Spiriva in the mornings.
My Pulmonologist (or as I call him...lung doctor) said my shortness of breath most likely has to do with my high blood pressure which we're still trying to get under control after 4 years!!!
The ONE question I forgot to ask him at my one and only appt with him was........Could my low numbers on my breathing test have been because I was in the middle of having pneumonia?? I can't believe I forgot to ask!!
Have any of you taken this breathing test more than once and the numbers got better or worse?