When did Fostair come out

I was happily using brown and blue puffers When I saw a nurse, a few years back, I was told that I could not use them any longer as I had to use Fostair instead.

I would like to know when this change happened

Any ideas

[HungryHufflepuff]

I don’t know when Fostair came out, I had Ventolin and serevent and was told the same, last year, that I could no longer have them but would be changed onto clenil which made me cough and I stopped taking it, then Fostair. It made me ill, I ended up on the dreaded Pred, getting into bed or brushing my teeth left me exhausted, and although I’m infinitely better now I still haven’t got back to where I was. After six months I was changed onto yet other inhalers. Fostair is apparently cheap. But in the end with all the problems it causes and extra medications required to put those problems right, I wonder how cost effective it is. That’s without considering any wellbeing or quality of life. I was really well before the serevent was taken away and I still don’t see the logic of taking it away.

[soulboy118]

I changed from seretide to fostairs 2 years ago, seretide had stopped producing results , the fostairs is better for me

[knitter]

I asked to go back to the separate brown preventer....first Clenil , now Qvar and Ventolin the blue reliever, after being given Fostair which made me worse.

I think the guidance is that if you use more than three puffs of Ventolin a week , you need a preventer as well. My daughters relied on Ventolin alone about thirty years ago now and suffered . Check the NHS website.

Serevent made me worse too. Seretide is a combination inhaler I think.

[HungryHufflepuff in reply to knitter]

It must seem I don’t miss an opportunity to complain about Fostair 🙄 In fact I do try to restrain myself and not reply to every post about Fostair, because I know it works really well for some people, but this just shows how we are all different, and different things work differently for us all. It makes sense your serevent was stopped as it made you worse, but for me it was fantastic, I was perfectly well, and had no apparent side effects. Fostair for me didn’t work, it made me ill and I had so many bad side effects. Now I have Seretide (which is a combination inhaler) which works well enough to make the side effects acceptable, but it isn’t great. When something is working well, why change it 🤔

[Hidden]

Been on fostair pump with a spacer for approximately 4 year's and I don't know when it come out but I had no problems with it.

[PMRPete]

"Fostair was first licensed in the UK in 2007 for treating asthma (see the Evidence summary on Asthma: beclometasone/formoterol (Fostair) for maintenance and reliever treatment for more information). A licence extension for use in COPD was granted in April 2014."

nice.org.uk/guidance/esnm47...

[Hidden in reply to PMRPete]

Thanks for that. The April 2014 is interesting as its unclear what Fostair was prescribed for.

[PMRPete in reply to Hidden]

"April 2014 Fostair was licensed for the symptomatic treatment of adults with severe COPD (FEV1 less than 50% of the predicted normal) and a history of repeated exacerbations, who have significant symptoms despite regular therapy with long-acting bronchodilators. "

[Hidden in reply to PMRPete]

so why with a FEV1 65% was I put on it.

[PMRPete in reply to Hidden]

Only your medical team could answer that!

[Hidden in reply to PMRPete]

Which I will be doing tomorrow but I wanted to find out when I was first prescribed with it. April 2014 or close to it seems to be a likely time so thanks for that

[Matilda_1922]

I changed from seretide to fostair 2 years ago

[Mavary]

I was changed to 200 mg of Fostair from qvar last year when I had pneumonia and aspergillosis. Ive had no problems with it.

[peege]

I've been using Fostair for three years and I have to say it's absolutely fantastic for me. I very rarely need Ventolin and my skin is almost back to normal where before Seretide had caused it to thin so much it was constantly being in shreds from the slightest knock.

[stone-UK]

Hi

Just to add, it’s only Fostair 100/6 and Fostair; NEXTHaler that is approved for COPD.

I change to Fostair NEXTHaler from Seretide my choice and it works much better,

[Superzob]

The change was purely a local decision by your surgery to save money because Fostair is the cheapest dual inhaler available but, like all medication, it will work for some people, but not for others. If it works for you, then fine; if not, you would be entitled to revert to the previous medication or try something else (I had to try 5 inhalers before I found one which suited me). The whole point of medicine is to treat ailments and, if a particular medication fails to achieve that, then the treatment should be reviewed - changing everyone to a single treatment, simply because of cost, is not good medicine.