Vicky Bilaniuk wrote:

Circe wrote:

Vicky Bilaniuk wrote:

OK, I would love to know what you all think of pregnancy and asthma,
and, in particular, advair. When I talked to my doctor about
pregnancy, he never mentioned anything about the advair that I use,
but I have recently been wondering about it. I suffer from mild but
persistent side effects



Out of curiosity, what side effects? I have been using it for about 6
months
and haven't had any problems at all.


Dry mouth, hoarse voice, increased heart rate, and I seem to suffer from
bronchitis and/or pneumonia more often while on the drug than while off
of it. Actually, these are symptoms from the inhaled steroid component
of the drug. I used to take Flovent (fluticasone by itself, basically),

Oops - just remembered that the increased heart rate is a side effect of
the bronchodilator. The rest are side effects of the steroid. Just
wanted to clarify for any lurkers who are interested in this topic.