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

Hi all- I was in the hospital over Christmas with influenza A/pneumonia. It was rough. While there initially I went into afib but resolved rest of stay and no problems. Pulmonologist who saw me there said didn't think I had heart issues was a reaction to being dehydrated and fighting off the virus.

I have had my repeat prescription changed from Fostair to Bibecfo. I have also had my Salbutamol stopped as Bibecfo will replace this as well. I have been on Fostair as a preventer for about 8 years and Salbutamol/Ventolin for over 30 years so am a bit wary of change. I wondered if anyone else had

i have cough variant asthma. It acts up from cold weather or when i get a cold which goes right to my lungs.. and brings on my cough variant asthma s also gets irrated from my reflux. Happens maybe once a yr ad goes away with albuterol and a steroid. Now got a bad virus cold coughed violently

Hi. Feeling upset after seeing consultant after a ten week wait with unmanaged asthma following chest infection. I’m on maximum steroid inhaler as well as spirivia , montelukast, fexofenadine, nasal spray. He Basically told me I don’t have asthma and won’t give me any more treatment despite me still

My real name is John, I'm an 80 year old guy who considers himself fortunate to get to this age with so little medical defects, they are: very highly controlled Atrial Fibrillation, Osteoarthritis in both shoulders, the left being very troublesome - the right not so, and now a recent diagnosis of

Hi all Lifelong asthmatic, now 20 weeks pregnant. Have been generally fine taking Beclometasone (Clenil) and Salbutamol when needed. I had an asthma review last week and the nurse wants to swap me to Fostair because I ordered more than two salbutamol inhalers in the last year and it’s now their policy

Hi my husband is having tests for his lung condition, possible mild copd, he has smoked for 30+years and vaped for 16 months. Both stopped now. He’s had a clear X-ray ct scan and echocardiogram. He has been given a salbutamol and frostair inhalers and has to measure his peak flow for two weeks. However

Hi. I suffer from bronchiectasis and have incredible trouble shifting the sputum on my lungs. I take Carbocisteine, Montelukast, Fostair inhaler and nebulise with salbutamol and saline. My breathing exercises give little relief and I have tried a flutter device. I have just read about the “HydroBubble

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