Experiences with

Salbutamol / Ipratropium

Has anyone else on this form having to have a STRUCTURED MEDICATION REVIEW by a - PHARMASIST. I just found our that is what I am having tomorrow . Not with a GP or practice nurse. It seems silly. just a weel or two ago I had a COPD/ASTHMA review done by a pharmasist. In that review he reviewed

I had a copd review with the respiratory nurse after my spirometry results came in, I explained to her that during the spirometry test I was first given salbutamol via a nebuliser, I was able to breathe much easier afterwards, less breathlessness when going home etc, I asked about the possibility of

Am taking Fostair twice a day and Salbutamol inhaler when necessary. I am worried about my croaky voice which varies a lot but sometimes so bad that I can hardly be heard. Could the inhalers be the problem? I do gargle and rinse my mouth after taking, but to no avail!! Many thanks for any guidance

Hi I have had asthma for years and always used Clenil & Salbutamol which worked fine until recently. I have recently had a couple of chest infections. Asthma nurse has now prescribed me Luforbec, I have only been taking this for a few days 1 puff in a morning 1 in an evening. I have a headache, dizziness

Hi. I got diagnosed with asthma 2021 after COVID. Now aged 59. Started on Clenil, then moved to Seretide in spring 2023and then referred to Respiratory Consultant who changed me to Relvar 184 + Spiriva and a couple of months later added Montelukast. All working well and hardly ever needed blue inhaler

Mornin' all, About 11 days ago I wrote on this subject and in my last para I mention I was seeing my GP on 6 Dec 2024. Well the consultation went better than I expected. We discussed each item of my blood tests .... of which there were 6 in total including the NT-PRO BNP. There is definately no sign

hello, I hope eveyone is well. I have recently had tiotropium added (Braltus), to help deal with my allergic asthma and coughing up mucus mainly at night. I had been putting off taking this medication because I was very nervous about the potential side effects that i had read up , plus symptoms had

Iam new to asthma, uncontrolled, now hospitalised and switched to MART(Foster) I loved my salbutamol in Nebuliser, is there any medication could be used with the Nebuliser when someone on MART.

Hi I'm a bit confused as to what is happening at my GP practise & could do with some advice please. In October I had a chest infection & had 2 courses of Doxycycline after being seen by an advanced nurse practitioner. During the appointment she asked if I had used my rescue inhaler which is quite

I've been using Ventolin since childhood. First time, some 15 years ago, I was prescribed Salamol by GP, I didn't realise until I got it from the Chemist. I thought maybe it's a change that made by doctor on my condition as "Salamol" was written on prescription itself not "Salbutamol" as has been

Hello all, I have been diagnosed with exercise induced asthma that's mostly triggered by allergies and most recently weather changes. After bad experience with montelukast, having to stop all meds multiple times before finding what is going on (montelukast was making my asthma worse, even causing

Sorry I feel I've rather unleashed the floodgates 😂 i keep thinking of more questions lol So I collected my prescription and rather than ventolin they'd given me a generic. I'll admit I was wasn't very pleased 😂 I get a bit funny about things looking the same and this one was a different size to my

Despite mounting evidence that I have progressively-worsening MG with Class III weakness, I still don't have a diagnosis, let alone a treatment. I can't do much activity, so I read whenever my ocular symptoms allow. I have been refused a diagnostic dose of pyridostigmine to see whether it reduces my

Thankyou everyone for you're replys I had to go A E this morning I just couldn't get my breath getting out bed to be honest I sat on end of bed and in the end I decided ta get down stairs I would do it in mad rush I got down oo it harrendos grabbed my salbutamol I couldn't even take it properly

Hi everyone I am currently under the severe asthma service at Wythenshawe in Manchester. I transferred there in 2020 when the previous service I was under diagnosed me with severe asthma based on eospinohils washings amongst other things, but apart from giving me steroids did little else and I ended

Have just had dispensed a different salamol inhaler, which is a dry inhaler and has a dose counter on the side. The latter should be easier to monitor instead of having to weigh salamol inhaler. Hope it is as effective as well. Wishing you all a pleasant weekend. 🤗

Hi everyone, I’ve just received a diagnosis after a crazy past 3 days. I have a new housing estate being built in the field adjacent to my house. The work has been ongoing for a couple of years but started at the furthest end. Last autumn as the work became viewable from our home I noticed I was suffering

Hi my asthma really was really bad during having house renovation because of the dust.I was taking my reliever twice a day but i had to use salbutamol quite often.

Hello everyone, I've had a recent diagnosis of Asthma & was given two Salbutamol inhalers about a month ago. They seem to help the wheezing and coughing but I'm wondering if they cause cramp? I had a sleepless night last week & woke up in the morning with cramp & yesterday I went swimming & got cramp

Hi guys I just did my a levels and in September I went on a trip to Switzerland and when I came back I had this terrible cough. I was prescribed antibiotics and pred. Later that day I had an asthma attack and was admitted to a and e. I spent 24 hrs in resus as I was extremely short of breath and was