Umeclidinium / vilanterol and Pain: What Users Say

• New...
• November 11, 2019

For COPD "I've been on Anoro for about 7 months. At first, I thought it was helping with my breathing, and I wasn't as short of breath. I could actually do some housework without huffing and puffing. But I started having these excruciating leg pains. I didn't correlate them to the inhaler as they didn't start right away, and I thought it was an odd side effect. But I continued to have them. I also have fibromyalgia. But I had never had leg aches and pains like this. My upper thighs were so painful, always aching and throbbing. I would take ibuprofen daily and at night and take flexeril and klonopin at night to help me sleep, along with placing a heating pad on my thighs. They are still hurting. I went off a lot of my meds trying to figure out which one it could be. But not until I went a few days without the Anoro, because we lost our insurance, did my leg pain get better. I haven't started any other medicine back for my COPD."

• New...
• November 11, 2019

For COPD "I've been on Anoro for about 7 months. At first, I thought it was helping with my breathing, and I wasn't as short of breath. I could actually do some housework without huffing and puffing. But I started having these excruciating leg pains. I didn't correlate them to the inhaler as they didn't start right away, and I thought it was an odd side effect. But I continued to have them. I also have fibromyalgia. But I had never had leg aches and pains like this. My upper thighs were so painful, always aching and throbbing. I would take ibuprofen daily and at night and take flexeril and klonopin at night to help me sleep, along with placing a heating pad on my thighs. They are still hurting. I went off a lot of my meds trying to figure out which one it could be. But not until I went a few days without the Anoro, because we lost our insurance, did my leg pain get better. I haven't started any other medicine back for my COPD."

• PAM...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 9, 2021

For COPD "After being on this med, I started experiencing severe leg pain. While it helped with breathing, both legs feel very achy and heavy. Now the pain in my left hip is really bad. As soon as I stop taking this med, the pain subsides. I tried Trelegy, the same ingredients with an added steroid. The same damn leg and hip pain. Dr. says I’ve never heard that before. They need to listen when people tell them this med is causing joint pains. I really don’t know what to turn to next. Also very tired and anxious."

• PAM...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 9, 2021

For COPD "After being on this med, I started experiencing severe leg pain. While it helped with breathing, both legs feel very achy and heavy. Now the pain in my left hip is really bad. As soon as I stop taking this med, the pain subsides. I tried Trelegy, the same ingredients with an added steroid. The same damn leg and hip pain. Dr. says I’ve never heard that before. They need to listen when people tell them this med is causing joint pains. I really don’t know what to turn to next. Also very tired and anxious."

• Cha...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 6, 2020

For COPD "I started using Anoro three weeks ago and was amazed at how I felt; like a youngster and have reached a point that I can walk short distances around the neighborhood without getting short of breath or having to stop to catch my breath. The downside is I started having leg pain and cramps and pelvis and crouch pain; very uncomfortable. I don't know what is going on, but I'm researching. I am also tired all the time. It is an effort to get basic things done. I can breathe, but I'm too tired to do anything."

• Sue...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 30, 2022

For COPD "Lung DR gave me samples of this, saying it would keep me from getting any worse. On day 3, I woke up with so much pain I couldn't move, along with explosive diarrhea. It was ungodly, the result is I am in a wheelchair. Because of this drug, what company uses milk proteins in meds? DR never asked me if I was milk intolerant or had a history of muscle pain, hello? I reported this reaction to his office in writing and with phone calls, I got no response. I could no longer work, this really put a # on me, a life changer. Yeah, be careful."

• 49e...
• March 6, 2021

For COPD "On the 3rd day of using Anoro, I got terrible pain in the back of my skull and blurred vision with floaters in my right eye. I stopped using, and a few days later, my vision cleared, but the floaters remained."

• Jom...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 11, 2019

For COPD "I started 6 days ago. I rinse my mouth out afterwards. I am in so much pain now with thrush in my throat :("