Budesonide is a steroid that is in a pulmicort inhaler and in a symbicort inhaler (combined/long acting reliever). So i'm guessing it has similar side effects to other steroid inhalers but, your daughter would obviously be having a much higher dose in the nebules.
Jac
Hi Emily,
I used to use budesonide neb regularly and now only use them when i have a chest infection or cold etc. They are pretty good but make sure your daughter washes her mouth out after using them as they can give you a bit of a sore mouth after a while if you dont wash your mouth out.
The nebs work well. It jsut means that the steriod component actully gets to the lungs to help with the inflamation whereas with an inhaler alot of the drug is lost by being trapped on in the mouth.
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