Is it true that the brown inha...

[Shannon97]

Is it true that the brown inhaler can make you put on weight..I hate the way I look already (having a eating disorder)😞😞

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Inhalers can't make you put on weight that I have heard. They are not strong drugs and couldn't have this effect on you. You need to seek help for your eating disorder and your anxiety. Have you yet?

[Karjade]

There is the minutest steroid in a brown inhaler and they are not the same kind as body builders use. If you have asthma you must take it and do not worry about your weight as it will not make the slightest difference to that.

[TeeTo]

I had that concern as well but after discussing with my Asthma nurse and my personal research, I found the steroid in the brown inhaler is very minimal and has no impact on your weight.

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Shannon, I've been on steroid inhalers for nearly thirty years, including about ten years when I was on the brown inhalers. If anything I would say that I have the opposite problem. My weight is definitely at the low end of what is considered appropriate for a person of my age and height and has been that way through all the years that I have been on steroid inhalers.

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Hi Shannon97

Just to iterate what others have said. The Asthma UK nurse manager Sonia says that steroid inhaler has small amounts of steroid – less likely to make you put on weight.

Also remember that steroid doses in inhalers are in micrograms versus milligrams – so it's micro doses.

As you know, asthma attacks can be serious so it's about weighing up the risks versus benefits of having good asthma control and using your brown inhaler as prescribed

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Hope that helps,

Dita

[ChrissieMons]

What you swallow makes you put on weight if you swallow too much of the fattening things. Inhalers don't. You really need to get your anxiety sorted out - talk to people who can help you, starting with your GP.