Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 I have not heard of this. I contacted my local Advair rep however he was not available. I will try again later. As for as other medications that work like Advair. Advair is two medications. One is a steroid and one is a long acting bronchiol- dilator. In the UK they have a medications just like it called Symbicourt. It is Pulmocourt and Foradil in one inhaler. It is not available in the US yet however you can take the individual medications. They are both available in the US. So Advair is a steriod and a long acting bronchiol-dilator. If you wanted to try something that worked like it with out using the advair diskus you coud try any combinations of these medications types. Steriod: Beclomethasone: med in Respocort, Becodisk Qvar, Becloforte Budesonide: the medicine in Pulmicort Fluticasone: the medicine in Flixotide and in Flovent Flunisolide: the medicine in Aerobid Triamcinolone: the medicine in Azmacort long acting bronchiol-dilator SALMETEROL: medication in the Serevent diskus or MDI formoterol: medication in the Foradil Aerolizer Talk to your doctor before making any changes in your asthma therapy. > > I heard today that advair is being taken off the market, can anyone > verify this info. If its true can anyone tell me of other long term > inhalers that would work the same and are safe. thank you for your time > Rae Ann > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Can anyone define the difference between moderate and severe asthma?? I was diagnosed in Jan 2005 with moderate asthma but it seems over the last year moderate isn't so moderate...what is the difference? Thanks for any replies, Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Thanks Matt for your input. I'll contact my Doc and see what he says. I really want off the steroids. later Rae Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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