Side effects - aargh!

[TeachKat]

This is probably a trivial moan - but I can’t pay a cheque in using online banking app because it’s now 4 hours after my morning doses of fostair 200/6, Spiriva respirated, montelukast and uniphyllin continus 300 and I’m trembling so much that I can’t hold my phone still enough to take photos of the cheque.

I’m very grateful that all this keeps me breathing but grrr.....

[TeachKat]

Spiriva respimat, not respirated!

[madonbrew in reply to TeachKat]

Hi Teachkat,

You are on basically the same meds as me. I get bad shaking and trembling too, but it generally lasts about 1 hour then passes.

I’ve been on this mix for a while and it’s probably better now than it was at first. If it continues, can you chat with your doctor to see if there’s an alternative...I think for me it’s the Fostair that causes the shaking!

[Chip_y2kuk in reply to madonbrew]

Its a common side effect of bronchodilators (formoterol in fostair and even salbutamol)

[Kitten-kat23]

I’m so sorry that you are so bad after your meds. I get the trembling to. Thinking of you.

[Jolius]

Hello I use fostair and I also have trumbling sometimes after I use it. Keep fighting!! 👊👊🙏

[TeachKat]

Thank you lovely people! I was just having a moment this morning- like many of us, I suspect, I’m rather fed-up of being more or less confined to home and not looking forward to Christmas without my children. The cheque debacle was just a bit of a final straw .

[cappy1966]

Hi Kat , just picked up my first Fostair inhaler from the doctors after being changed over from Seretide ......I was going to write some christmas cards tonight , but after having inhaled 2 puffs of it , i think im going to leave trying to write any thing tonight ! It made me well trembly and shaky and my handwriting looks like a complete mess !! ......

[elanaoali]

Hi folks I take fostair nexthaler 200/6 2 puffs twice a day. When I first started taking it my hands shaked alot. This side effect has got alot better. Now I hardly notice it.

[TeachKat in reply to elanaoali]

That’s good - I’ve been on the Fostair since January- the trembling wasn’t too bad when that was all I was taking, but I think it’s the combination of all the other medication with the Fostair that makes it such a nuisance.

[elanaoali]

That must be hard. I also take monkelaust and a steroid nasal spray plus ompreloze for my acid reflux. So if you shake me I will rattle .

[Birthday60]

Many people with many conditions/drugs suffer from the shakes and wobbles and find solutions - try putting a pile of books each side of the cheque and balance your phone/iPad on top of them?

[TeachKat in reply to Birthday60]

Thank you - I’m going to try again today.🤞

[Glty]

I find if I spread out my fostair and take my spiriva at a different time the side effects are much more bearable. Hope this helps.

[TeachKat in reply to Glty]

I’ll try that - I usually take them all together to make it easier not to forget any of them. Thank you. X

[AirIsUnderrated]

Poor you! Yes, I have to wait a couple of hours after my Fostair dose before I pluck my eyebrows, otherwise I’d take an eye out. The things we do!