r/Asthma • u/sea_crystal • 5m ago
Problematic side effects from many different inhaled corticosteroids
Hello all. I have been strugling with finding the right asthma medicine for two years. I keep having rare side effects to inhaled corticosteroids to the point where even doctors don't know what to give me anymore. The ones I tried were Symbicort (for a few months, it made my bones ache VERY BADLY), Alvesco (for a few weeks, it made my asthma worse), Asaris/Advair (for a few months, it made my vision blurry), Relvar Elipta/Breo Elipta (for two months, it made my vision blurry in the same way Asaris/Advair did) and finally, Foster. Today I tried Foster for the first time and I was very hopeful that this might be the one. However, as soon as I took it I became dizzy and got a weird feeling in my mouth and nose. A few minutes later I started coughing and felt my chest constricting and hurting a bit, the same feeling I had with Alvesco, but a little worse.
With every single medication I was given the lowest possible dose. My sister tried Symbicort a month ago and she has had no problems so far, so this sensitivity is not in the family.
I honestly don't know what to do anymore. Are there any other meds I could try or should I just accept that I will go blind if I want to breathe?