Spriva

[Bettz]

I quit Spriva because it made my mouth sore - my Dr then prescribed the Incruse.

[katieoxo60]

It seems these once a day inhalers are becoming more popular with doctors , but they are not suitable for everyone and like most pills have some side effects. Good luck with it.

[Littlechoceclair]

I cant take Spiriva as it stops me from weeing it also gives me little stars that flash and dart before my eyes. Not good at all but I found out after I finally told my specialist that these are quite common with Spiriva so now I am back on Atrovent which gives me a similar thing with the eyes but only if I take 2 puffs close together which is what i was prescribed so now its 1 puff 4 times a day. I agree with Katieoxo60 Once a day puffers dont suit everyone. I was changed to a couple of different ones over the years and both after a few weeks made me breathless? Again when i mentioned this to my Speciaist he said yes we are finding that happens a fair bit with that one. Another one he tried me on as a once a day one was Bretaris Genuair but I felt spaced out on that also that it didnt last the 24 hours so maybe i was panicking a bit knowing I had no puffer to take. Now I take Symbicort 400 mg twice a day and Atrovent 3 times a day even though I can go up to 4 if I need it. I was also on Qvar once a day years ago but a new specialist said its the same as Symbicort so there was no need to be taking it. Sometimes I wonder if they really know what they are doing.

[Bettz in reply to Littlechoceclair]

Your reaction to Spriva was really amazing - it made my mouth sore was the reason I stopped taking it. wonder if they really check/test these things before they release them to the public?

[Durcot]

I've been on Spiriva for quit awhile now. You have to gargle and spit everytime you inhale it. I'm ok except I'm a bit deus mouth from it but I use cough drops after and the dry mouth goes away.