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Joint pain?

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I was switched to advair a couple of months ago but tried to take it four times and only ended up with swollen throat that got worse each day. So they switched me to Serevent and flovent...I have taken the flovent with foradil but was taken off foradil and found out the chest pain i was having came from it. Now I am waking with bad joint pain especially in my elbows. Is anyone else here on serevent and if so are you having joint pain? I have also been researching and found that advair contributes to ALOT of upper body weight gain. Have any of you found this to be true as well?
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Swollen throat from Advair: You have to
rinse really well with Listerine or you
can get thrush. I have joint pain cause
I am old and have osteoarthritis. LOL
Yup, got the weight gain thing going too.
Advair works better for me than Serevent.

I am going to start on spiriva, soon.

Orphan
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Advair-as far as what they tell me is a mixture between flovent and serevent. Possibly they add something else to make it a powder? Or the process of making it into a powder changes the structure somehow? You are supposed to take the serevent first-which "dilates" your lungs and help them open. You may have more coughing but that is because things are good. My doc told me that if you are wheezing and coughing it is good. Your lungs are "awake" and trying to get rid of stuff. If there is no sound-it means that things are closed off and not working properly? After you cough and expel more out of your lungs you open up more airways. Does that make since? Also, my daughter, which has asthma and is on advair, has had a bad time with weight gain. It is possible that serevent or flovent has helped to cause this. My doctor also put me on actonel (which is a calcium supplement when you have menopause, which I have not started yet, and stated that steroids can cause your bones to become more brittle, such as osteoporosis. I will try to help when I can as far as research. Love and Hugs, Kathy
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