Fostair

[Mickeyboy2020]

Hi I’m new on here, I’ve seen a lot of people mention Fostair on here, I’ve had most drugs for asthma but I’ve never heard of it.

I’m a severe asthmatic and have been for approx 15 years I take salbutamol inhalers and also on fluticasone 2 puffs twice a day

Plus 9 mg prednisalone daily also on monthly infusion at The Brompton Hospital ramilizibub

( can never remember name )

Still get breathless when I excerpt myself

Can anyone tell me if this fostair is stronger than fluticasone

Thanks

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

Fluticasone is a steroid inhaler. Fostair is a combination inhaler (so has a LABA). Technically fostair would be classed as a higher level drug

I’m assuming you’ve done the LAMA inhalers and all the tablet options (monte/theo etc etc) and that they’ve checked for your comorbidities and got them under control (like allergies/reflux etc etc)

Have you tried the inhalers like relvar? That’s the other one lots of people go on. Do you do better with DPIs or MDIs?

[Mickeyboy2020]

Thank you Emma

[watergazer]

I was changed to fostairnexthaler as the particles are smaller and can penetrate the lung deeper than some other inhalers It has helped me compared to the seretide and qvar x

[Mickeyboy2020 in reply to watergazer]

Many thanks

[Superzob]

It's not really a case of Fostair being stronger than fluticasone because it contains beclometasone dipropionate as an alternative steroid. But, as EmmaF91 says, it also has formoterol as a long-acting bronchodilator, so you are getting the benefit of two medications. Also, since salbutamol is short-acting, formoterol might be better in the long-term.

Fostair is often promoted because it is cheap, but it works very well for some people. I appear to be sensitive to the aerosol in inhalers, so I use a dry powder one, but this is a personal issue, which shouldn't put you off trying Fostair, or any other combination inhaler, if your medical professional suggests it when you next have a conversation about your treatment.

[Mickeyboy2020 in reply to Superzob]

Many thanks

[Ambrk]

It has been the only thing that works for me and I discovered it by accident when a friend recommended it. It is worth a try. Good luck with it, try the pressurised one not the fostair nexus, it's more effective if lung capacity isn't great.