
COPD & Emphysema Support Group
COPD is a progressive disease characterized by airflow obstruction or limitation. Emphysema is characterized by loss of elasticity of the lung tissue, destruction of structures supporting the alveoli and of capillaries feeding the alveoli. Both have symptoms that include shortness of breath, among other respiratory troubles. If you are a COPD or Emphysema sufferer, join...

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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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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.
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