Bisporol with Asthma medicine

[OsmanNur]

Hi, Im Suffuring from Asthmatic since long, controlled under inhaler like cortisteroid/ fluticason and sulbitamol. Couple of years back doctor added bisporol 5mg which seems sometimes making big trouble and sometimes ok. Understand literary these two medication have opposite effect. Some research says no harm as selective b2 blocker. But facing problem randomly. My doctor did not suggest any alternative. Can anyone have any suggestion from own experience. Thanks

[Happyrosie]

I wonder if there’s anyone with the same medical history who might be reading your post on this forum? Or you might try the Asthma section?

Regardless, my view is that your prescribing pharmacist might know, or your doctor’s group of surgeries may employ a pharmacist.

[Fanfab1]

hi so I don’t know your underlying history but this is my experience.

I don’t have any treatment that works for my particular angina / heart condition. I am asthmatic and on clenile inhaler - my asthma presents itself as cough and congestion if I don’t take inhaler regularly. I start to cough, wheeze and making a kind of whistling/ whiny sound as I breathe! But My breathlessness on exertion is down to heart not asthma but lack of inhaler I know just adds to the burden.

So recently I was tried as last ditch attempt on 1.25mg bispropol as all my cardiologists to date had not prescribed due to asthma.

I only took one pill and it aggravated my angina and breathing. So I stopped. It was clearly obvious it did nothing to help angina but in fact made worse but that’s me.

I did speak to the linked organisation’s helpline before I decided to take the bispropol and they were really helpful with an informative yet balanced approach regards tricky balance between benefits / risks as you say the meds work against each other. a rock and a hard place is how they described the challenge of balancing between bispropol vs controlling your asthma. For me it wasn’t worth taking the bispropol but that is me I hasten to add again.

asthmaandlung.org.uk

Work with your GP / cardiologist/ pharmacist to get the balance right between bispropol dosage to still address whatever heart issue you have whilst having optimal medical management of your asthma.

At the end of the day it’s benefits versus risks of taking bispropol for your heart AND your asthma.

Good luck - not an easy one when we know they work in opposite directions!

[Thegamer03]

I have had some issues too when I was on 7.5mg bisoprolol a day (5mg morning 2.5mg at night) and there was a time I started haveing an asthma attack and so used my blue inhaler for some reason it didn't really help and I started haveing tight chest pain so I about an hour or 2 later used it again, yh not the best idea lol and the chest tightness and pain got worse at this point I contacted my gp and so clearly because he knew what it was he got me in for an appt within 2hrs and we decussed it and he explained that somtimes the blue inhaler can clash with the bisoprolol and bascially make the bisoprolol stronger in a sense and so he then said my only and best option is we try another type inhaler or I just use the brown one as the brown one and after then I only was using the brown one I had no more issues, its best trinna discuss with your Dr's and or a pharmacist but yeah for me I had issues with the salbutamol and bisoprolol clashing but after I stopped the salbutamol I no longer had the tightness and chest pain

[Silvasava]

My asthma is well controlled with a combined preventative and relieved inhaler. I had issues on Bisoprolol and was changed to Nebivolol, no issues since. HTH

[fishonabike]

speak to your GP about alternative medication - there may be a different heart medication or asthma treatment which would be more helpful

your heart and lungs work together as a team, providing the oxygen your body needs - so it is important to balance the medications to help both systems