tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post6667526989163835140..comments2024-01-10T09:56:49.324-05:00Comments on Respiratory Therapy Cave: Advair & Symbicort safe for asthmaticsRick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-68304378734589022142012-08-30T13:01:26.269-04:002012-08-30T13:01:26.269-04:00Thanks for the comment. My doctor had me do the o...Thanks for the comment. My doctor had me do the opposite recently: switch from advair to symbicort. It's been a difficult switch, but at least we have these options to choose from. Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-29238592223795114902012-08-28T21:04:34.289-04:002012-08-28T21:04:34.289-04:0047 mThanks for this post as I read Science Daily a...47 mThanks for this post as I read Science Daily and one of their articles is full of fear of taking LABA's. I have been taking Symbicort for 10 years the only thing that help me breath somewhat normally. Last year my specialist suggested to try Advair. I stopped the Symbicort and used Advair. It was 3 weeks of hell and extremely hard to breath, I kept persisting thinking it will kick in. I just had to stop it and go back to Symbicort although it took me another 4 weeks to get back to my normal. As you say if it helps to keep taking it, until they come up with some mircle drug or cure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7423880838207203660.post-44993183884231415652010-05-22T08:20:45.865-04:002010-05-22T08:20:45.865-04:00I was reluctant to go back on an inhaled LABA. I&...I was reluctant to go back on an inhaled LABA. I'd been on and off Advair for years and after the whole scare, I decided to go off it permanently. I went on Singulair instead, which worked well, until the worst allergy season I've ever experienced hit me like a truck. I suffered for two months, unable to breath, taking WAY too much of my rescue inhaler, until I became so shakey and exhausted I bit the bullet and went to my physician. She gave me Symbicort in her office. In FIVE MINUTES, I could breathe like a normal human being, and on my way out of the office I repeatedly smacked myself in the forehead as I realized I could have avoided two months of hell.G.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16454203286062756240noreply@blogger.com