Trimbow

[Alice70]

Hi can anyone tell me is there a difference between fostair spiriva ,and trimbow ,I believe trimbow is the same as fostair spiriva, jet I think I would prefer to take fostair plus spiriva x

[PMRPete]

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Trimbow is more cost effective and patients are more likely to take one inhaler regularly than two.

[Alice70 in reply to PMRPete]

What I wanted to know Pete is the ingredients the same

[PMRPete in reply to Alice70]

Trimbow contains the same ingredients as Fostair but the third one is slightly different in Trimbow than Spiriva

Spiriva contains "tiotropium bromide monohydrate"

Trimbow contains "glycopyrronium bromide"

[Alice70 in reply to PMRPete]

Aww thank you Pete, I'm going to change back to fostair and spiriva

[syntax]

Do you not use Symbicort at all ??

[Alice70 in reply to syntax]

No ,iwas on symborcort some years back ,I had to come of it because of severe cramp, ihave been changed from fostair and spiriva to trimbow ,at first I though trimbow was ok didn't feel any different ,now I think I was better on fostair and spiriva

[syntax in reply to Alice70]

That is very interesting to me Alice,have had cramps

a long time now.Will get onto Doc about that,thank you. : )

[Alice70 in reply to syntax]

I still get a few little bits of cramp ,especially if I use ventolin along with fostair,but nothing that I carnt cope with ,not like the severe cramps with symborcort, my gp did explain why some people get cramps ,I will try to spell what he said ,he said it is something call beta antagonist ,that is in inhalers ,I dont think I have spelt improperly, it sounded something like that

[syntax in reply to Alice70]

Thank you Alice,very helpful.Will help me

explain to GP why l need to change .

[Ken6]

Good afternoon,

I am not a doctor. I have Asthma and COPD. I take Spiriva two puffs once per day at 20:00. I take Fostair 200/6 two puffs twice per day. Sometimes I get leg cramp and then I reduce the Fostair 200/6 to one puff twice per day. I return to two puffs as soon as the cramps dissapear.

Spiriva is a long acting bronchodilator which opens the airways for twenty-four hours. The Fostair 200/6 main ingredient Betamethasone is a corticosteroid.

Corticosteroids reduce inflammation in your lungs. They are also used in hay fever medicine and as a cream corticosteroids reduce inflammation from bee stings etc. I think of Fostair as a medicine which cures the red inflammation. The other inhalers open up my airways but don't actually cure anything unlike Fostair which does. These medicines used together are absolutely brilliant. I would be a mess without them.

I have looked on the internet and Trimbow like Fostair is made by Chiesi. Trimbow is supposed to be for COPD and Fostair200/6 is supposed to be for asthma. Trimbow is similar to Fosair200/6 but has a third ingredient. I would ask your doctor before you stop taking any medicine.

Best wishes

from Ken

[Alice70]

Hi Ken thank you for your explanation ,I have bronchiecstasis ,mild emphysema, I was on spiriva fostair,the work best for me ,trimbow not as good for me

[welllaners]

I take Spiriva Respimat, which is like a mist spray, its the only one I have tried that hasn't had side effects.

[Alice70 in reply to welllaners]

I'm on the spiriva capsule which is a powder ,is spiriva Respimst only used for asthma

[welllaners in reply to Alice70]

Mine is for COPD

[welllaners in reply to Alice70]

The capsule with powder gave me a bad stomach.

[Alice70]

I dont get any side effects ,but I dont think it does me any good,I think it is supposed to open airways,in the morning I am going to try spirva on it's own without the fostair just to see if it makes a difference to airways ,I wont go without fostair just that I will take it later ,experiment lol

[SJCJ]

Hey Alice. Beta-agonists stimulate the beta cells which in turn relax the bands of muscle around the airways. Fostair contains a long-acting version of this, as does Trimbow. Spiriva is a medication known as a long-acting muscarinic antagonist - this is for the emphysema bit of your airways disease, & helps to stabilise the air sac, or alveoli, as well as working on a different chemical pathway to keep your airways relax.

Hope this helps.