usage of Foster

[mitsuji]

I have been put on Foster nexthaler 2 puffs twice a day. I went through the literature provided and it says you cannot take alcohol and that it may cause diabetes. It also says it is safe for use by pregnant women and nursing mothers as well as children.

Can anybody throw some light on this?

[Chip_y2kuk]

All steroids run the risk of causing diabetes something to do with their effect on the liver/ adrenals

Also alcohol is a respiratory suppressant so probably not good for asthmatics anyway... having said that I've definitely had a few alcoholic drinks on fostair (but I don't like being drunk, I get terrible hangovers)

Chip

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I have drunk alcohol on fostair and I had no problems but I can't drink on my montelukast as I have been informed alcohol and montelukast doesn't mix. I have to stop my montelukast for at 48 hours before drinking alcohol and I have to wait 48 hours after drinking alcohol to restart the montelukast

[Chip_y2kuk in reply to Hidden]

I've drank on montelukast and had no adverse effects

[Hidden in reply to Chip_y2kuk]

But everyone is different to the point I threw up so I got told to stop 48 hours before drinking and 48 hours after drinking alcohol by a nurse.

[Poobah]

The way to look at it is that alcohol is another drug. And some asthmatics are allergic to the sulphites found in beers and wine so there's not only a drug cocktail to consider!