Formoterol / mometasone and Chest Pain: What Users Say

• SKV...
• July 13, 2013

For Asthma, Maintenance "Have been on this for 6 weeks and have to discontinue due to severe insomnia, heart pounding, and chest pain. Very effectively reduced my need for albuterol (went from using it daily down to once or twice a week), but the side effects are bad."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 28, 2021

For Asthma, Maintenance "My child was put on Dulera, his asthma has been a struggle to control for years. After 2 weeks, he gained 8 pounds, and his chest is so congested, I had him checked for pneumonia. His asthma has been worse than ever. He has wheezing worse than ever before. It sounds like an accordion when he breathes. We had him switched to a higher dose of his last medication, and he has been using nebulizer treatments to undo whatever the Dulera did. I'm not sure how long it will take for him to bounce back from the weight gain."

• cja...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 14, 2021

For Asthma "I have had asthma since I was a kid. I was given Dulera when my insurance wouldn’t cover Advair, and I wish it did. I have been using Dulera for the past 4 weeks. The first week was fine, but these past three weeks, absolutely terrible. I have created more mucus than I have ever created, and it’s to a point where it makes me choke. I also have blood in my mucus, which I have gone to my doctors about. I have taken so many COVID tests because I have been coughing my head off and having intense tightness of chest. My blood pressure and heart rate shot through the roof, I developed a tremor. I have had more things happen to me from this one inhaler, it’s nuts."

• Mim...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 22, 2020

For Asthma "After an asthma attack a month ago, a doctor at urgent care prescribed me this. A week later, I saw my allergist, who told me to stop Dulera. She put me on Singulair. I was not able to pick up my prescription, so I continued using Dulera. The first week of using it, I could breathe a lot better, however, now, after a month of use, my body has experienced chest tightness, lung twitching, and heart palpitations. My body feels off. I don’t like the chest tightness and weird heart palpitations. I will be discontinuing this until I get my other asthma medication."

• Mar...
• January 13, 2021

For Asthma "I was prescribed Dulera as an alternative to Advair when my insurance stopped covering it. I was skeptical at first, having a positive response from Advair. After 2 weeks of taking Dulera, not only did my asthma symptoms worsen, but I started experiencing other horrible symptoms, including chest tightness, heart palpitations, severe headache, nervousness, fogginess, and fatigue. I also developed excruciating abdominal pain that radiated from front to back, similar to severe period cramping, but deeper and throbbed. I immediately stopped taking Dulera, but this cramping pain never went away. I eventually went to several specialists, including an OBGYN, who could only conclude that I had a dormant/mild form of endometriosis that was exacerbated by Dulera. Years later, I still suffer from this pain, with no cure or remedy - I can only hope to find others with a similar story so we can file a class action suit against them. This medicine is dangerous."