Long term use of Beclomethasone dipropionate steroid inhaler

[melissarainbow]

Hello there...has anyone like me been on steroid inhalers for 25+ years for their asthma? Just wondered if it's caused you any other medical problems...particularly adrenal problems? Many thanks ☺

[Minushabens]

I think I'm up to near enough 30 years now on steroid inhalers (plus 20 or so beforehand on various medications). I have no doubt that long-term use carries some problems & I've had various things although no particular adrenal issues. I wouldn't rule it out though & others might have had problems.

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I've been on them for nearly thirty years - no real problems yet, other than occasional issues with my voice (I use an accuhaler). I've not even had oral thrush. A bout of oesophageal thrush was blamed on my inhalers a couple of years ago by one doctor (a gastroenterologist), but given the absence of thrush in my mouth and pharynx a consultant in respiratory medicine thought that unlikely. No sign of adrenal problems yet. I do have possible GORD, but that is currently under investigation.

[QuietChest]

20 years plus. I have adrenal insufficiency but that's due to the oral steroids

[melissarainbow in reply to QuietChest]

Hi there. My 9am cortisol blood test came back as 278 nmol/l. Most people's is 500 at that time of day. Do you think I have secondary adrenal insufficiency?

[Minushabens in reply to melissarainbow]

That's sounds (to dopey old me anyway) like you probably need a doctor to analyse. Others on here might know better though!

[M-D-F]

I also have been on various steroid inhalers for about twenty years and have had no extra medical problems, when I changed to my latest I had a sore throat and a hoarse voice but that was an unfortunate coincidence. On balance they have given me twenty years of life and noisy grandchildren.

[Jujubee74]

I've been on steroid inhalers for 22yrs and have had no other problems

[melissarainbow]

Thanks for your replies everyone x