Experiences with

Symbicort

He as given me yet another antibiotic clarithromycin, more oral steroids, he as taken me off my fostair saying it's not managing my asthma and given me another a powder one,symbicort. Told him I am at the end of my tether with the constant infections and I would like a referral.

I take Symbicort 200 twice a day and I'm just wondering if it's that that's causing it . After taking it I feel a bit shaky too . Any one else get back pain ? X

Hi i was on symbicort 200/6 for a bout a year then the Dr put me on dueoresp and it gave me really back panic attacks. I only took it for a month and a half. Told the Dr i was refusing to use it cause of this. Now I'm back on the symbicort and that's doing the same but not as bad.

I have tried the brown inhaler (sorry I forgot the name of it) and also Symbicort but neither has helped me. I have been told by the Dr its Asthma related but no firm diagnosis. I have been waiting for a follow up appointment for nearly a year now!

Just wondering if anyone had experienced throat problems with Symbicort,specifically a tight sensation and difficulty swallowing.

I have been prescribed symbicort (red inhaler), as other 2 inhalers were not helping. I have been on the symbicort for 10 days and it has limited effect. I have never smoked and used to undertake triathlons, but struggle to do any real exercise now, as I cough and can not get breath.

Since then, I (religiously) do my Symbicort and occasional sinus cleanses, and the vasculitis pops up, fairly frequently. I'll get a sudden blood spot - that grows - looks horrible (of course, in prominent spots!), etc. Now, my right shoulder & neck area are SOOO sore!

Doctor changed to symbicort 200 and whilst I do now have a voice my breathing is far worse. Does anyone have similar experience or experience of alternatives I could chat through tomorrow to try and make life easier?

I've had a couple of wobbles in the past month but generally I am improving at long last (and the feet and leg cramps I had when on Symbicort are lessening.....co-incidence??). Something I do want to ask - don't know if anyone else has this or can suggest something...

I take Symbicort 200 , Montelukast 10mg .

Does anyone else have trouble opening the symbicort 400/12 inhaler for the first time? Have noticed over the last year or so that they have become more difficult. I'm 72 and have to get my husband to open which he doesn't find that easy. The last time I had to open a new one my husband was out .

She is currently on 200 symbicort, 5mg montelukast. She was also recently prescribed a nasal spray but had a reaction to that - GP said too much steroids together. Since 23rd December 16 She has had 2 weeks of no symptoms. Her symptoms are a wheeze and a constant cough.

I wake up wheezy and now take Symbicort 200/16 x 3 times a day but still get wheezy. Has anyone else ever noticed a link with Asthma and food? I've had allergy tests done and ok with all but cats, dogs, dust mites and hay fever. Many thanks in advance. Jo

I'm on symbicort SMART 200/6 2 puffs twice a day, plus 10g montelukast. A couple of weeks ago I got a bad cold, which immediately affected my chest.

In the meantime he told me that I'm currently on all the meds available for my condition i.e Symbicort 320/9MCB and Bretaris Genuair inhalers twice daily, and Theo-dur 200mg in the morning.

it says turn it one way and back the other way till it click (but it clicks on the first turn and not when i turn it back)not sure if it is primed.

I know Symbicort is causing me problems at the moment with severe muscle pain , fatigue and headaches. And I'm due to see my consultant very soon but if anyone has tried this and it's worked I would be interested to know . Thanks 😊

It's related to breathing as I wake up with pain, take my ventolin and symbicort and it releases until mid after take a couple of puffs of ventolin and it usually eases for an hour or so.

The Ventolin is back on having been left off on my last visit and Symbicort 200micrograms continues. So after many years of disinterest in my breathing difficulties, apart from thousands of repeat prescriptions, I'm now getting the full monty.

I've had about 5 puffs of symbicort as a reliever today, which hasn't done a lot to relieve the symptoms. I don't really feel like talking a lot or doing anything vaguely energetic that'll get me out of breath, but other than that I don't feel too bad.