Hi All,
This is my first post here, I've had asthma all my life and it's usually been well controlled but for the last year it has been very bad with a number of trips to A&E + stays in hospital.
Each time I've had an exacerbation which I'm currently having at the moment I've been put on prednisolone and also had my inhaler changed to fostair. The issue is that whenever I take either of these I get terrible palpitations all the time and a very fast heart rate 100-110/120 at rest (normally 70-80), I also get terrible anxiety which does not help the heart rate.
When my asthma is well controlled I take a different corticosteroid inhaler (seretide 125) as this does not give me any side effects.
Having just started another course of prednisolone (40mg) I'm preparing for the palpitations and anxiety, my question is if I should be concerned about these palpitations or if I'm doing damage to my heart. I've raised this before while overnight in the hospital and they've never seemed that concerned and have put it down to the medications. I don't have any heart issues that I'm aware of, is it safe to ignore these side effects?
Thanks,
Simon