Trilogy inhaler,

[caznear68]

Has anyone tried or is using this, doc wants me to try it instead of symbicort and spiriva

thanks

Carol

[peege]

Personally I dont think this is a good time of year to be changing inhalers. If I were in your shoes and doc actually insisted a change I would request it to be in May June or July when my asthma is less likely to play up. Most inhalers take up to weeks to take proper effect so I most definitely wouldn't be changing now.

[Gareth57 in reply to peege]

When to change would depend on your triggers, for me this would be a good time to change as my asthma is usually stable from now to February/March but May/June/July is risky with various pollens floating about. But you could also argue that out of control is a good time to see if new meds make a difference 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[Lily-Nichole]

Is there a reason they want you to switch to this from Symbicort?

The reason I ask, is I am also on a trilogy inhaler after being switched from Symbicort. Neither my GP or asthma specialist considered it a smart move though.

I had been having increasing difficulty with my asthma last year and got referred to an asthma specialist but while waiting my asthma continued to get worse.

Running out of ideas, my GP said while I waited I could try a trilogy inhaler BUT he was clear that it typically doesn’t have any benefit on asthma. It usually is better for treating CPOD, but he said it had 2 meds from my Symbicort plus another so it wouldn’t make me worse either. He said it was up to me if I wanted to give it a try while I waited.

I thought why not and he’d been upfront that it probably wouldn’t do anything. I did find benefit shockingly and when I later told my asthma specialist when I was seen, she was surprised as normally it works better on CPOD patients.

I don’t know your medical history but you likely wouldn’t get worse from switching to a trilogy inhaler, but given the limited benefits trilogy inhalers have for asthmatics. I would be questioning why they want to make this change to your medication.

[Oldandgray in reply to Lily-Nichole]

I started on TRIMBOW two weeks ago as my cough, I have CVA, was getting worse and waking me a lot at night. So far it seems to be be making my coughing fits shorter and breathing easier.

It does say in the patient information that it is for COPD and asthma.

[Lily-Nichole in reply to Oldandgray]

Fair. I mean if it is working for you, that is the main thing 😊 Like I said, I also found some benefit too.

And oh yeah, I believe they are for those who have CPOD and asthma, but it is only the first two meds that seem to have the impact on asthma generally. The ones similar to what is in symbicort. The 3rd however, only tends to work well with CPOD.

We must be in the lucky group of asthmatics who it has a benefit on.

Like I said though, I’m not a doctor. Just going off both what my GP and asthma specialist said. If the medication is working that is the main thing. I’m likewise on Trimbow.

[Bingo88]

Good morning. I was put onto Trelegy a year ago and found it has helped improve my lung function blow tests at my doctors and mine has 3 ingredients in it to treat Copd and Asthma. Hope this helps. Brian

[Spikedog66]

I'm sitting on the fence too. I take seretide and spiriva for asthma and copd the hospital suggested this my asthma nurse who is better than a dr says stay put this is the same. I've struggled for a year post covid. If you give it a try can you let me know how you get on please thank you. Would be nice to breathe a little better.

[theLonersInput]

I am currently on symbicort for the past 3 years, and it's doing it's job controlling my asthma.

[Poobah]

The triple med inhaler will contain similar meds contained in your Symbicort and Spiriva inhalers. For me the draw back would be not being able to increase the prescribed dose during a flare up because of the Spiriva type medication. So if anything, it's a more restrictive option to having separate LABA (Symbicort) & a LAMA (Spiriva) inhalers.