I realise this isn't the best place to ask about coming off a steroid inhaler, but I don't know where else to go other than my GPs' and it's quite hard to get through to them.
I'm post-viral since March; maybe Covid, maybe not as it was too early for testing. The breathlessness and wheeze has just persisted. I'm not a diagnosed asthmatic but I was given a Ventolin inhaler after 1 month and Qvar after 2. We're currently trialling Omeprazole for possible silent reflux, and I do believe it is making a difference. I've only needed my blue inhaler once this past week for the first time.
One GP said I could come off Qvar any time, no need to wean, as I'm on a low dose; Qvar 50, 2 puffs twice a day.
It took 3 or 4 weeks for it to kick in properly in the first place. If I stop it, does anyone know what kind of timescale I should expect to know if I still need it? Does it stay in the system for a while, or could I be in trouble as soon as only missing one dose? Should I time it so that I stop it over a weekend?
Thank you.