I have what they term very labile asthma, no matter what I take, except oral steroids and they send my blood sugar into the 400\'s, near coma, I still wheeze. I\'d been taking Azmacort and using Advair when wheezng increased significantly, I had 100/50 dosage. My med coverage suddenly noticed I was taking both and denied my Azmacort refill and soon I was wheezing badly. They upped the Advair to the 250/50 dose, but I ended up in the hospital for 4 days at the end of last month.

My wheezing is getting bad again and I just can\'t get them to hear me. Today a nurse practitioner said it takes a little while to help...but if I was using it before at a lower dose, shouldn\'t it have kicked in by now? I really don\'t like the delivery system for Advair anyway, I get a mouthful of powder when I use it, blech!

Deb - San Diego

Hey there
couldnt resist jumping in because I always worry when i hear people tell asthma patients to \"stick it out\" I am not a pulmonary doc but am an internist who sees a ton of asthma.
1) do you take anything other than your advair? like singulair daily OR do you use an albuterol rescue inhaler?
2) there is also a 500/50 of the advair...
3) If you are wheezing..i would get in to see someone..so they can listen to your lungs. Have you ever seen a pulmonary doc? since you have moderate to severe asthma symptoms that would certainly be warranted.
4) What do you think causes your exacerbations? upper respiratory infections or allergies?
you should have better control...im sorry to hear you are suffering like you are...
Dr O.

I have been on Advair for 3 years now. It works GREAT for me. My doc and I finally found the correct RX: 2 puffs of albuteral, wait 10 min then take the Advair, 10 min - 2 more puffs of albuteral. This is my a.m. treatment and again at night. Then the albuteral when needed.

I believe most of my breathing problems are allergy related. It seems to be seasonal. I do have problems while exercising and very bad problems when I am sick.

I love the Advair. I am so thankful to have it as a daily dose.

I use the advair 500/50, and it works wonders for me. I don\'t kow what I would do without it. A lot of people complain about the powdery residue that it leaves in your mouth, but it doesn\'t bother me much. Plus I always rinse my mouth well after using any asthma medication.

I, too, have used Advair to manage my Asthma syptoms, and, it has worked very well for me, thankfully. I suffered for many years in and out of the emergency room, before using both Advair and Singular. I am really happy to report that since using these two medications I have NOT been to the emergency room, not to say, that this means I will NEVER have to go to the ER for my asthma, but, thankfully, that has been the case so far.

I\'ve been on Advair for years, been on the 500/50 for over a year. It has helped much. I really like the delivery system; I am not a fan of fluorocarbons and the eating of the ozone.

I was diagnosed with asthma based on a pulmonay function test, never had symptoms. I took advair faithfully for 18 months until a few weeks ago, when I read my PFT reports which my pulmonary doc had never shown me. There I saw that the test after a year of treament showed much worse results than the first test. And in the second test, results were worse after albuterol was administered, not better. I just couldn\'t bring myself to continue taking a medication which comes with a big fat warning box, for an illness for which I have no symptoms.
My pulmonologist says I am wrong, as he puts it: \"You are so lucky, I caught this disease for you at a sub clinical stage, the pediatric dose (100/50) is sufficient for you, at that low dosage there are no side effects or disadvantages, and it is keeping you from developing a more serious level of disease.\"
I am going to see my primary care doc this week and I will ask him and get a second opinion from another specialist.
At what point is asthma too mild to need treatment?

I\'m on Advair, up to 500/50. Been on it for years, it really helps me. Yeah, i kinda have to stay on it or lose the effects, but it is well worth it to me. I used to be on the two components separately, but I couldn\'t handle the flutica (whatever it is), the inhaler left a really foul taste in my mouth and smell in my nose. I jumped at the chance to take the Advair, and I personally like the fact that there is no fluorocarbons in it..there are son many of use taking pressurized inhalers...call me environmentally concerned..

Uther

Advair 250 works when I\'m not sick. I need Advair 500 when I am sick. Other powder-based medications currently being puched, (including Asmanex) don\'t work as well as they typically contain only one medication, not the two contained in Advair.

Arthur-
Think twice before tossing the meds and ignoring the situation. I did that and now have nodules in both my lungs. No, no asthma is too mild not to treat. And left untreated you could eventually wind up in a very bad situation.
However, I do recommend changing doctors. Seems there is a real lack of communication going on here. It was that way for me too. I also found out the nodules by reading a lab report by myself. At that point I knew I had to go to someone else.
Get a recommendation for a pulmologist in your area to redo the testing you have had, including the PFTs. Then make an appointment to go over the test results together. A good doctor will do no less, a doctor who won\'t is not worth seeing.
Whatever you do, don\'t fool youself into thinking the problem will go away on its own. It won\'t. And the time to act is when you\'re asymptomatic, not while in crisis.

Have used advair in am and pm, and also a singulair at bedtime. My \"allery\" if you can call it that lies in the realm of fragrance, chemical odors and no matter what I take, before, during or after......once exposed I am in for 5-7 days of chest constriction, coughing, and mucous that ends up in a bronchial infection and then back to a vicious cycle! I end up with Antibiotics.
Is anyone doing anything that would help boost the immune system?

hey there, have any of you actually gone for a allergy test? when you stay away from the allergies that your body can\'t tolerate, you will find out that you can control your asthma better.You will also not get many attacks from asthma..i went to the allergy clinic, i was having terible asthma attacks and i was also having a hard time with getting colds and flu every year and i am allergic to eggs so i could not take flu shots, i was a reall mess. after i started getting a allergy shot for all the things that i was allergic to i recognized a new me!! Please if you haven\'t gone to a allergist to get tested for allergies please do it for your health.You won\'t regret it I PROMISE!!! yamus

Works well for me, I take the 500/50
Just remember to rinse the mouth out afterwards.

Last night was my first attempt at using
Advair. Ew! that powder is nasty.I guess it
takes some getting used to.
Noticed somewhat of a difference, from what I
used before.Asmanex.Thanks for the info
everyone, very helpful.

i use advair and albuterol they work very well for me