Fluticasone / salmeterol and Dizziness: What Users Say

• Bar...
• September 2, 2017

For Asthma, Maintenance "This medication has helped my cough, made breathing easier, and decreased mucus tremendously, however, I did have side effects: blurred vision, confusion, numbness in legs, dizziness, nausea, and sore throat."

• Do...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 11, 2023

For Asthma, Maintenance "I, like many of you, had been switched to this horrible drug for the same reason: insurance not covering Advair. I have been sick for a month and had two trips to the emergency room and two trips to urgent care. It took me a bit to figure out what the heck was going on, I did not make the connection as soon as I should have. My vision was blurred and declined, I had unexplained bruises, numbness in my legs and arms, fuzziness and dizziness, horrible indigestion, shortness of breath, and horrible pain in my upper back. One of the trips to the ER found a mass on my lung, not cancer, unsure at this point where it came from. Since I have stopped using it, in only two days I feel human again. I really thought I was dying, it was the scariest thing I have ever been through."

• Ins...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 23, 2015

For Asthma, Maintenance "I was prescribed Advair in combination with Spiriva after a bad asthma-type attack in 2010 (1 of 3, the 1st in 2001; 2nd in 2007). I finally went to a pulmonary specialist in early 2010. The inhalers combined with a series of oral prednisone helped me to recover fully. At the advice of my new doctor, I continued using the Advair and Spiriva daily. In 2013, I developed vertigo and continuous bladder infections, determined that was related to the Spiriva, so I stopped that one. Several times during the 5 years, I have attempted to stop using Advair. I think it is addicting in nature; I am unable to breathe without it! That sucks... especially since I was doing fine without any inhalers prior to continued use of Advair."

• Ven...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 17, 2021

For COPD, Maintenance "I started taking this medicine for a COVID cough. After one week of taking it, I started having body aches. Another week passed, and I was having chest pressure. It did help with the cough, but then I started having heartburn and was coughing more than when I had COVID. I started to develop gastrointestinal issues. After eating, I would belch, and regurgitation would happen. Heartburn and chest pain were also common. A cough would happen after eating. I went to see a pulmonologist, and she told me that I can just stop taking it and that no withdrawal symptoms would happen. That was a lie. After stopping it, cold turkey, I started feeling like absolute rubbish. I started to have diarrhea, abdominal pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, feeling dizzy and faint-like. She never told me about adrenal insufficiency that could happen after stopping a corticosteroid. It’s been almost 3 months since I stopped the medication, and I feel like the symptoms are only getting worse."

• Bad...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 4, 2022

For Asthma, Maintenance "Well, I have had asthma for 30 years, and these desk jockeys at the insurance companies keep switching me. The Advair commercial says never switch without a doctor's permission, and they just switch me. Went to an online Canadian pharmacy, but shipping takes a month, so I guess I'll contemplate the greatness of the USA while I slowly suffocate. Thank you, Health Plan of Nevada. Thank you, Wixela. I was enjoying a normal existence when I was on Advair. Now I'm a little dizzy, please excuse me."

• ang...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 18, 2022

For Asthma, Maintenance "Caused me to have severe headaches and dizziness to the point of not being able to walk."