Loss of voice

Does anyone else suffer from loss of voice due to their inhalers? I find I can go round in circles inhalers cause the loss of voice and then I need more inhalers to solve the problem. Have Nystan liquid but its not working! And guess what - I'm a Reception Class Teacher!

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I have had varying degrees of hoarseness with different inhalers. The worst was when I was on a fairly high dose of Symbicort (not smart regime), and this improved when I changed to QVAR. My GP at the time told me that the effect on the voice was dose related and that no amount of mouth rinsing etc would help as you can't exactly rinse your larynx. I did meet up with an old acquaintance at a school concert earlier this year and she had completely lost her voice and this had been going on for several months. Hers was caused by a faulty QVAR inhaler which had delivered far too much drug, which caused initial hoarseness, she then strained to get her voice out and caused vocal strain. She has now been seeing a Speech and Language Therapist to help with the vocal strain. As you are a teacher, you are at high risk of voice problems so if this carries on then it might be worth asking your GP to refer you (bear in mind that you will most likely have to wait 3 or 4 months to be seen depending on where you live). Best Wishes.

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i also have a tendency to lose my voice but i don't think it's related to my inhalers. After i've had a cold i often lose my voice or if i have a particularly bad (for me) flare up my voice will do a runner!

I blame mine entirely on the pneumonia jab - one year i went for my flu jab and the nurse also gave me the pneumo jab at the same time. I've never had any particular side effects with the flu jab but that year after the 2 jabs i followed with a week of very bad cold then a week of really bad asthma symptoms and then a week of no voice.

Since then i've had regular problems, i'm doing a small triathlon on 30th June and if it follows the same pattern as last year i'll be voiceless for the full day after it.

Guess what - i'm also a teacher!

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I'm also a teacher and a few years ago had several episodes of extended voice loss that my GP thought was related to my steroid inhalers.

I was referred to a brilliant SALT (speech and language therapist) voice expert who managed to teach me how to breathe properly (apparently lots of us asthmatics don't breathe from the bottom of our lungs and it causes huge tension higher up towards the vocal folds).

I also had to learn how to relax the whole throat area and while it wasn't easy, I've not had any significant voice loss since.

I'd request a referral from your GP since this may be one problem that can be helped with 2-3 sessions with the right expert. Good luck!

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have tryed several inhalers all of which lead to horseness worst was symbocort

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Yeah, my symbicort does this - my usual maintenance dose doesn't, but since I'm on SMART when I have a flare up I get hoarse very quickly.