This is a follow-up to my my posts about fostair and symbicort. After doubts about warnings in the pack leaflets about caution around taking symbicort in the case of having diabetes, the practice nurse assured me there was no concern in my case.
My regular blood sugar levels in years of tests have been between in 4.5 and and 5.8. On Saturday day-by-day blood sugar level was 7.5 and on Sunday 8.9 - I stopped using symbicort at that point in time.
This morning, the same practice nurse phoned me asking about my cessation of symbicort. She suggested there was no no evidence that symbicort had caused this anomaly. I told her the had been no other change that could have been responsible. I refused to have anything more to do with fostair or symbicort. She he accepted that the anomaly could have been caused by the the corticosteroid in the inhalers but she was adamant that there were no maintenance inhalers which had no steroids. Is that statement of hers accurate?
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As far as im aware she is right but my knowledge is very limited. I hope you can find a solution. I do know my blood sugars are tested when ever i am put on high dose of steriods but never because of my inhalers.
It is a long acting bronchodilator, not actually a preventer. Spiriva respimat is a MDI (metered dose inhaler) a pressurised liquid instead of the powder version in a capsule.
I take Spiriva (powder) once a day, Fostair 200/6 (corticosteroid & bronchodilator) 2 puffs twice a day, with very occasionally an extra puff in between, and Bricanyl powder inhaler, a reliever as required.
That’s interesting to know as I was told on my last review that I was pre diabetic and I’m on Fostair and have been for about two years now. My last review was November of last year so I had been on it for a year and a half before my sugar went up. I also was on steroid tablets about two years ago. So it could have explained the sugar rise.
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