Daliresp and Insomnia: What Users Say

• jes...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 25, 2013

For COPD, Maintenance "My wife has been taking this medicine for 2 weeks for C.O.P.D. maintenance. It worked great for the C.O.P.D.; she used to cough constantly and had a hard time breathing, even while on prednisone. However, within 2 hours of taking the Daliresp, she stopped coughing and began breathing well. However, she developed diarrhea, then after coming off the prednisone, got severe back pain and was not able to sleep. It seems to help the C.O.P.D. very well, but the side effects may not be worth the breathing relief."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 6, 2013

For COPD "I have been using Daliresp for 1 week now. It appears to have improved my breathing, but I have several of the side effects. Now I'm having problems with diarrhea, anxiety, and trouble sleeping. I've got a call into my doctor now to see if the side effects will go away. If they don't, I'll have to go back to Advair."

• Mom...
• August 21, 2016

For COPD, Maintenance "Started taking Daliresp 3 months ago. Noticed improvement in breathing in 1st week. Then started having nausea and loss of appetite. I also started having other reactions, insomnia, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, bad thoughts about death. Over the last 2 months, it's gotten worse. I didn't know it could be the Daliresp. This morning I woke up at 1 am, couldn't go back to sleep because of thoughts of dying. It's 2 pm, I'm still awake (I can't sleep during the day). Got so bad I went to the ER today. The doctor told me to stop the Daliresp. OK! I never had mental health issues before. I don't have any clue how long it will take to recover from the mental health issues I'm having."

• swe...
• October 25, 2016

For COPD, Maintenance "I just started taking Daliresp again 10-23-16. The only problem that I have is I can't sleep. I can't go to sleep or stay asleep. And when I do go to sleep, it's only for a few hours. Then I am awake again. I take it before and stop taking it because I could sleep. I really don't know at this time if it works or not. Haven't been on it long enough to know. That's one of the side effects. So what can you do to stay asleep?"

• Kry...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 2, 2020

For COPD, Maintenance "Use Daliresp and have no difference in breathing. I do have side effects of insomnia, severe stomach pain, and having bowel movements every time I go to the bathroom, whether that's what I went in there for or not. Been on it a couple of weeks and took my last dose this morning. It's bad."

• awh...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 20, 2012

For COPD, Maintenance "Had to stop taking due to severe insomnia. Stopped taking and still did not sleep for four days. Worked great on my breathing problems."

• Dis...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 12, 2013

For COPD, Maintenance "Did improve wheezing symptoms when taken in conjunction with Advair Diskus, however, caused sleep problems as well as digestive disturbances (12-16 bowel motions/day)."

• Lik...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 6, 2018

For COPD, Maintenance "I love it. I haven't had to go to the hospital now for 2 years. I do have trouble sleeping, but take an OTC sleep aid, it helps."