Experiences with

Ventolin HFA

Hi everyone, I have asthma and paroxysmal a fib. I’ve been on Flovent HFA for ever and recently the manufacturer is no longer making Flovent. I’ve had to resort to the generic Flovent which I feel it really is not working as the brand Flovent. I’ve been having more asthma exacerbation. I have an appt

Hi everyone, I have paroxysmal a fib and also asthma. I have been on a steroid inhaler for along time ( Flovent HFA ). Recently I have had to resort to the generic Flovent because the manufacturer is no longer making it . I’ve noticed a big difference in my breathing, it’s not working as good as the

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

Does anyone find that ventilin does hardly nothing for there copd not asthma as I believe it is mainly for asthma,I don't have asthma, I have emphysema and I think bronchitis and don't know why I'm given ventilin as I say it hardly helps does anyone else find this answers appreciated

I have just been prescribed Qvar 100 after I had to stop taking Seretide 125 due to side effects. I was prescribed the Seretide a week ago as the Clenil inhaler wasn't doing much to control my asthma (waking up several times a night, needing my ventolin inhaler multiple times a day etc). The Seretide

Hi everyone, Since the beginning of September I have had my usual minor asthma symptoms get terribly worse :/ Two months..... This is the most awful it has been in decades... five decades maybe? I'm almost 73 and regularly walk with added light weight lifting at home. I'm not overweight and our home

Hi, my 16 year old daughter has been seen by the respiratory team recently and they have prescribed a MART inhaler for her and I wonder if you can offer some advise please. She was previously on Clenil but earlier this year moved onto Alfoflute (Seretide). However she does gymnastics 4 times a week

Hello friends, I have copd which is controlled, i have had it since being diagnosed in 2007. Fortunately never been hospitalised though have gone to the hospital several times when had exacerbations which were helped by a nebuliser. I now have a nebulisar at home which is a comfort to know in case of

Hello, I have suffered with asthma from my mid 30's I am now 70 and have been diagnosed with eosinophilic asthma. I am currently on Nucala injection and it helped a lot in the beginning ( been on it for a year) but I still have trouble walking( can't breathe) and I sweat so much even in cooler weather

After reading this forum I do feel for the people suffering with different forms of Asthma/COPD. I decided to write this thinking that when I was told I had COPD, to me it was a massive shock, and did not know what to expect, hopefully some of you might see in my post something helpful I am almost

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

So I'm pretty new to going to the Dr before my flare is severe so excuse mey naivety 😂 but i took my 2nd dose of steroids for this flare today and I'm already beginning to feel kind of better??? Usually I don't really see any improvement until the end of the course. I'm still not GOOD but. It's definitely

HelloI've had asthma for over 60 years yet recently i was admitted to hospital and stayed for 3 days with an asthma attack. My history was old school 2 puffs ventolin before Qvar twice a day. I was told at my asthma review that I needed to reduce to just Qvar only using Ventolin as required. I agreed

Just curious. I have had asthma most of my life. Recently my lung function started to steadily decrease to 65% (then within a month to 41%. My pulmonologist took me off my asthma I haler (Dulera) and started me on Breztri. What I could get in my research of the new puffer is that it is for COPD only.

Hi, Thank you to everyone who responded to my previous post, I had a telephone appointment with GP this morning, wasn’t our usual doctor. I explained mums symptoms- the breathlessness and swollen thighs. He advised to increase the furosemide to 80mg for now , and that he’s putting the symptoms down

Is it still possible to get Ventolin inhaler prescribed by doctor.

Hi there, I was on seretide (250mg/ morning & evening ) inhaler, montelukast (evening)tablets, Ventolin (when needed)and antihistamines for almost 2 years (since end 2021) taking all as prescribed. (Had childhood asthma’s (well managed.. becotide/ ventolin used on and off sporadically but not consistently

Hello, at a recent assessment, my ‘moderate’ asthma was deemed not under control. 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

Hi, I have been using Fostair and then was prescribed Montelukast and my Asthma was well controlled, I have for the last couple of months felt Asthma symptoms at night and have had to use my Ventolin. I am going to speak with my asthma nurse this week but would like to know what she may prescribe is

I use Fostair and Ventolin but these and using a spacer cause sore splits on my lips has anyone else had this, I have tried every lip balm etc but I always have a sore mouth x