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Hi all hope your coping with the pollen,and muggy weather (I'm not 😒) but my question is does anyone suffer cramp with their meds I get it in the foot luckily not when driving. I was on fostair but didn't agree now on seretide,montelukast,loratadine

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Kashwi

Yeah I have been suffering from cramps in both my hands and feet which my Gp put down to the oral steroids but I am also on seretide 500, motelukast, spiriva, levothyroxine, alendronic acid, omeprazole, imipramine, cetirizine, salbutamol

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Lyngal in reply to Kashwi

I'm on omeprazole as well the cramps only last for a few seconds but really painful

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Jokir152

Hi, join our club, many meds have this added joy to keep you on your toes.

My Dr suggested drinking bitter lemon as this has Quinne in and is helpful with cramp. 😀

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Tracytaylor1965

Hi new to this forum I to suffer from really bad cramps I was told off gp to drink plenty tonic water I did take quinine tablets at one point but I got really bad headaches with them

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Asthma-girl

I also suffer with cramps in my hands and feet my Respiratory Consultant explained that it's when the body is needing potassium and eating a banana would help

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Beth_19

I've found since I started seratide that my feet and toes have been cramping an awful lot, seems to be worse at night when I'm in bed.

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SilvanaRoza

Hi.I just been diagnosed with asthma.I have a steroid inhaler, ventolin & fexofenadine.I get cramps on both feet and hands but seems to be a dirext relation between these and hyperventilation.Might worth checking on NHS website "hyperventilation" & see if you have other symptoms.

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Le11yB

I take clenil and cetirizine daily, on days when I use salbutamol I get hideous cramps in my calves and feet and occasionally hands, worse in the evenings...

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