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Budesonide and formoterol are two medicines that are used for a long period of time to treat asthma. However, their combination will not relieve an asthma attack that has already started .

Budesonide belongs to the family of medicines known as corticosteroids (cortisone-like medicines). It works by preventing ... continue

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Asthma
144
85%
COPD & Emphysema
71
90%
Sarcoidosis
3
100%
Bipolar Disorder
2
100%
Fibromyalgia
1
100%
Overall, 87% (223 Members) find Symbicort helpful
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Symbicort Reviews

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take it now works good
Working / Worked
First day and already a big difference, very good.
Working / Worked
Helps some, still using it. Less side effects than Advair esp no leg cramps.
Working / Worked
I was going through an albuterol inhaler almost once every two weeks and suffering with jitters, racing heartbeat, etc... And in January, I found a new doctor as I moved out to the country and he said that was unacceptable. He immediatley put me on a regiment of Symbicort and singulaire. I have had the same rescue inhaler now since January (It's now the middle of April) and can actually leave the house and not panic that it's not with me. I love this medication!
Working / Worked
have been using for 2 weeks, seems to work well
Working / Worked
im finding it good im also taking it as a realerver
Working / Worked
just started taking
Working / Worked
had becotide for a long while but, not much good, symbicort better.
Working / Worked
D/C the Flovent after a round of pneumoni. Works very well and I like it much better than Advair for me.
Working / Worked
This worked great for a year . It was like I wasnt even asthmatic. Then I got really, really sick and quit this inhaler.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: Symbicort
    I have been using Symbicort for about two yrs. I have no side effects. But, I don't see a big change in breathing after using it. [More]
  2. Discussion: Symbicort
    a lot of people prefer Symbicort over Advair . Advair has some nasty side effects that symbicurt doesnt . [More]
  3. Discussion: Symbicort
    I have been on symbicort for about a year. It gives me a side effect of swollen ankles and feet, especially the left side. Some days are worse than ot... [More]
  4. Discussion: symbicort
    Good luck with the symbicort, I had a severe allergic reaction to it and my thoat ended up swelling up, thus resulting in yet another hospital visit. ... [More]
  5. Discussion: symbicort
    i hope your chest settles down but if it gets worse please go to er or back to the drs. symbicort is a great drug. i sued to be on it. it is a comb... [More]

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