I would like to know the answer to this myself. I was told to rinse out my mouth after using it, but that only helps a bit.

For me, I'm thinking I have vocal chord dysfunction but I haven't received this as a diagnosis.

I talk lots when I work and by the end of 4 hours, I sound like a 12 pack a day smoker!!! I'm not a smoker, by the way!

I was told to rinse after the Qvar, Abuteral and nebulizer treatments. I started drinking before, then rinsing followed by another drink. This has reduced the smoker effect but nit removed it.

The Donald Duck Theory :-)

Sad to say but my theory is this "side effect" is it's part of how the medication (or the additives in it) works and will be present to some extent while using it.

Rinsing and gargling might reduce this effect, but not totally eliminate it.

The vocal chords and voice usually return to normal after use is discontinued, if this is possible.

However it's better to breath easy though sounding like Donald Duck.

Thanks guys. At least I know I'm not the only one out there with a horrible singing voice this Christmas! Guess I'll just suck it up and be happy I can breathe like orsonwelz said.

OK guys and gals, I finally about lost my voice completely and went to the Dr. with great frustration! He changed me to the Advair HFA, which is the good old puff puff inhaler (not the dry gunk in the diskus). I've been on this for a couple of days now, and my laryngitis seems to be improving a bit. I still have to rinse, but I really, really hope that I'll get my voice back soon!

I, too, changed from the Advair disc to the HFA inhaler and also had laryngitis on the disc.

It has slowly gone away and my voice is back to normal, which may be a result of using the inhaler or it could be using a spacer helped, too.

The other thing I did was not just rinse, but gargle with a little salt water (a tip from another asthmatic).

It did not go away overnight, though, it took some time and quite gradual.

I find if i use a medicated mouth wash it helps to stop the side effects of using a dry powder inhaler.

My laryngitis improved after cutting my advair back to one time per day. I know that this isn't possible for everyone though.

I wonder if I could use a spacer with my Advair HFA! That would help a lot I think! My voice is actually starting to sound normal for small amounts of time without a spacer though. We'll see. Thanks!