Experiences with

Bricanyl

I have been on Bricanyl powder inhaler (blue) and the brown equivalent which name escapes me right now 🤦‍♀️ for the last two decades. I found that i have been struggling taking the powder inhaler and that, in an emergency, tried my daughter’s blue Ventolin inhaler and it worked much better.

Hi everyone, I had an appointment with the clinical pharmacist at my doctor's earlier this month and said that she was telling the doctor to change my inhaler from my bricanyl inhaler to the symbicort inhaler.

controlled until I became severe about 8 years ago following pneumonia and meds have been maxed, colonised with psuedomonas, nebulised colomycin, steroids, salbutamol and atrovent, seretide inhaler, montelukast, doxycycline (replaced azithromycin), fexofenadene etc etc - had previous treatment with bricanyl

Bricanyl is my blue inhaler which I hardly ever use. I have tried other treatments which were a no go, eg montelukast gave me a rash, LABAs like serevent which made my heart thump, and anything propelled with alcohol is ruled out. My asthma is well controlled which is the good news.

But this afternoon I had the same as always - left chest pain, coughing and then needed my bricanyl. I have read that it can take a while for it to work but wondering if anyone else has the same experience? Did it go quick for you or take a few weeks? Did you still have asthma attacks etc?

Friday night I used Brinanyl inhaler 1 puff before bed and Saturday, instead of using Bricanyl, I used Flovent 1 puff before bed because the sneezing and coughing was getting on my nerves.

My reliever inhaler a blue bricanyl turbo inhaler. The only way I can describe the shape of my inhaler is that it sort of looks like a darlek (I'm not sure if I've spelt it right or not) from Dr Who. I've got an appointment with a doctor on the 31st about my inhaler.

I use my Seretide inhaler twice a day and just carry a bricanyl inhaler as an emergency one while I am out. This works well for me and has done for the past 10+ yrs. I find the powder one which does not blast the medicine into the back of your throat is a big advantage.

My peak flows were 325-300-300 The nurse said that these were fine and to continue taking my Relvar Ellipta but change from Salbutamol to Bricanyl This nurse was also the diabetic, thyroid, HTN and HF specialist. I don’t doubt her qualifications but even I know that my peak flows are not fine.

On prednisone 50mg, Antibiotic and Bricanyl 4 puffs QID. Ex-smoker since 15 years but smoked 50 years.

I used to take the reliever, Bricanyl, at 5:00 am, Spiriva at 6:00 am and Fostair just before setting off at 7:30 am two separate doses in the afternoon of the reliever until 7:00 pm when I would take the final 2 puffs of Fostair, with another dose of the reliever before going to bed at 11:30 pm.

She prescribed Innovair and Bricanyl. After 3 days of innovair and only a small improvement I am not entirely convinced she is right, and I thought that maybe you guys can help clarify wether or not the feelings I have in my chest are normal asthma symptoms.

So all meds stopped an starting again relvar (again) and bricanyl as react to vent (finally their listening about vent) also gp to ref to palpitations clinic as still so tachycardic. So yea an that was short version 🤣😂 it's been a long few weeks!!

I’ve been on the above for years and it’s always been a twist right, then twist left action to load. My latest one has a twist left,then twist right action and it has completely thrown me! Is it loading correctly?is it faulty?

I have been using Bricanyl as my reliever inhaler for over four years now. For the first time, yesterday it was missing from my repeat prescription and have to wait for a text message when it arrives at the pharmacy. Understandable I suppose, it is made by AstraZeneca.

I have infection induced asthma and I take symbicort as a preventer 2 * a day twice and I have Bricanyl as a reliever.

I am currently in bricanyl syringe driver due to being taken off uniphyllin 18 months ago as my stomach no longer digests and I vomit tablets up. This consultant hasn’t obviously read my notes. I’ve left numerous voicemails with their secretary and had no call back.

Despite being on three different inhalers Bricanyl, Pulmicourt and Serevent, I needed regular nebulisers and had several admissions to hospital each year. After six months of being on Hydroxychloroquine the asthma just stopped??

I knew I had it but daily preventer (2x symbicort morning and night) and bricanyl couple of times a week kept it in check.

Having found the unit I waited outside as I was early and took a puff on my Bricanyl, in preparation of having to wear a mask when entering. Nobody was in the waiting room. Wearing the mask was uncomfotable but not impossible and tolerable.