Fluticasone / salmeterol for Asthma, Maintenance User Reviews (Page 5)

• Lpit
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 16, 2017

Advair HFA (fluticasone / salmeterol) "This is so great! I used the diskus for years but I have both copd and asthma and could not inhale the med as well from the diskus so doc put me on this one. Same great control and I can use it with a spacer to get more effective delivery of the med. I have had to go a day or so without as my pharmacy was out and I know that this works well as I could not wait to get back on it. It helps my breathing so much."

• Anonymous
• October 26, 2011

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I used to be hospitalized at least every 6 months with my asthma problems as a child until my adolescence. I have tried EVERY inhaler and pill to help with the symptoms. Then I started Advair when I was 15. I am 24 now and I haven't been hospitalized in 10 years. The only problem I have is tachycardia."

• S White
• July 23, 2009

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "Advair helped me breathe better for the first 2-3 days. Then my chest would start tightening within an hour of when I was to take it. It seemed that my dependence was growing. Between that and the panic attacks, I've discontinued Advair and gone back to Ventolin HFA."

• Lexy
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 22, 2019

"I am a physician and asthma sufferer. My asthma was fully controlled on Advair 250/50. For my most recent refill, was given the new generic, Wixela. 1) the dispenser is very user-UNfriendly & I can feel the powder landing on my tongue; 2) after one week my asthma is out of control & I am using my rescue inhaler several times a day; 3) I now have oral thrush and have to go in fluconazole. I am astounded that the FDA considers this inhaler is a suitable substitute for Advair. Furthermore, although generic, it is not approved by my BCBS Medex plan. They filled it once with an $80 copay & if I were to refill it — which obviously I will not do — my doctor would have to wade through the bureaucratic time sump of prior authorization."

• PAUL
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 6, 2019

"I'm in the US, but following the advice of my MD he said you can get the generic of this in Canada and it is so much cheaper I now use the 60-dose Cipla Seroflo 250/50 multi-haler. It's a generic but of the Advair Diskus 250/50"

• Steven
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 31, 2023

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I only found this after my first use of Wixela because it tasted so bad. Within 30-40 minutes, my lungs unlocked, and the tightness went away. Don't get me wrong, Advair is the stuff of gods. Nothing's ever worked as well on me since Serevent (dating myself there, lol), but this seems to work too. It tastes like someone just crushed a strong aspirin on your tongue. I made a medicine face for a while, but it actually worked. It's too soon after my first usage to note any side effects, but about an hour after using, I'm doing great. Maybe it depends on your type of breathing issue too. I was in the hospital and even died once because of my asthma. I don't know why, but rescue inhalers seem next to pointless for me, comparatively speaking, to nebulizer treatments and stuff like Advair and this Wixela. I don't know, I'm also not too picky; what works works. If it makes it so breathing is comfortable, then it has done its job, which so far it has. Feeling pretty decent."

• Kisha...
• April 8, 2016

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I've only been using it for 3 days and I haven't used or needed my pump once. I usually use the pump at least once a day. It might be too soon to tell, but I haven't had any side effects and I'm not winded when walking up the steps like prior to using Advair."

• Kickn...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 9, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "VA removed Symbicort from my drugs after regular usage, and put me on Wixela Inhub. Gradually the change became evident with my lungs performance going downhill every day. I couldn't even keep my Drs. Appt. due to colder weather and humidity. I rescheduled hoping for nicer weather. No one seems to believe or care what the feeling is when you just can't breath. FDA needs to look at this drug again, and throw it out. It will take me many months to recover enough to be at all functional, if I ever get back to where I was... and that wasn't great."

• glzco
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 28, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "So far horrible with Wixela, it does absolutely nothing for my asthma. VA changed my prescription from Symbicort to this, and now I can barely do any physical activity, stuff is rubbish gives me hoarse throat, cheat tightness, and rapid heartbeat! Please stop prescribing this!!!"

• koobabe
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 4, 2016

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "Extremely helpful in reducing my need for nebulizer in the winter. I seem to have more energy too. Took it years ago, now have gone made the switch back from another inhaled steroid that didn't work as well. The asthma related death scares me. But I'm young and healthy for the most part."

• Doodles
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 27, 2021

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "Pharmacy switched out Advair without telling me. When used, the powder just coated my the inside of my mouth and didn't get into my lungs, therefore I went over two months without any medication. Now, four months later I am extremely ill with my lungs clogged with inflammation and infection and I will be a long time recovering. How can insurance companies not give the choice of staying on effective meds or paying the difference in cost."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 9, 2012

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "Has helped control my asthma, recently started 500/50 since I had another flare up. I don't need a rescue inhaler near as often. Do get thrush occasionally and a little sore throat. But it does keep my asthma attacks down a lot."

• Rakuf...
• November 19, 2015

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "Advair is the only thing that has gotten my asthma under control. It gave me awful muscle cramps, but my nurse practitioner. let me try a muscle relaxant for that (I take a small dose of Tizanidine) and it works wonderfully. "

• Miche...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 15, 2020

AirDuo Respiclick (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I was switched to AirDuo respiclick in the middle of the coronovirus pandemic. Being asthmatic during this already had me on high alert, now I'm prescribed a medication that isn't working. I can't walk from one end of my house to the other without shortness of breath. I'm wheezing all day. I've had to take the nebulizer 4 times a day just to feel some what Ok. I had to switch to this Air duo generic version due to new insurance. I used to take wixela. Wixela worked well. I'm praying my next insurance will allow it cause I truly feel like I won't make it on Air duo. It I could rate this medicine zero, I would."

• LillyF
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 1, 2012

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I give Advair 8 stars because it does what it's supposed to do. I have only had two asthma attacks since starting Advair almost a year ago. One was running without my inhaler. The second time was smoking. I took off two stars for side effects and use. I hate having to remember to take this twice a day. I usually forget. I also hate when I forget to wash my mouth out with water and get a little bit of thrush in my mouth."

• Nantais
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 12, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I was on advair they switch me to wixela 500mg. I had many side effects and could not breath. I could not stop coughing—bad headaches and nightmares. I ended up in the hospital 6 times and finally, they told me to stop taking it and switch back. I ended up in bed for months with chest pain and weakness in the legs. I could not eat or swallow anything. My vision went many times. I had a rainbow lightning vision. This should not be given to anyone. It should be off the market right away. It is not right to switch a person's med at the risk of someone's life."

• Al R
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 27, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I had been on Symbicort for many years for Emphysema, doing fairly well for a degenerative disease. A few months back the VA switched to Wixela. This is the worst drug on the market, and is primarily for Asthma, not Emphysema. How the VA could approve this is a good question, although the new VA Administrator seems to be doing everything he can to cut costs, rather than to properly treat veteran's health. My breathing has gotten so bad I have had numerous xrays and scans to see what's wrong, and I can hardly take a deep breath. I am now on home O2, as I can hardly breath without it. I can hardly walk anywhere, limiting my ability to take care of myself. The VA has offered a replacement as a trial, rather than going back to Symbicort. Let's hope this works well enough to keep me alive."

• None
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 27, 2020

"Symptom free 10 years on Advair. BCBS forced change to generic last month. Had to use rescue inhaler 2-3 times daily and severe urinary incontinence ( completely resolved 48 hours after generic stopped). Please take the time to report any adverse events to the FDA"

• Cabo...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 24, 2016

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "Advair is effective in treating my asthma. Unfortunately, I often feel restless, agitated and maybe anxious. I'm thinking of getting off of the drug, but am afraid my asthma will get worse. I'll probably try gradually weaning off and have an emergency inhaler nearby. I'm just growing tired of the side effects. I may also look into another drug if my asthma gets worse after quitting Advair."

• bareb...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 19, 2023

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I was just given Wixela instead of Alvesco, and was wondering what person in his or her right mind would breathe in this powder. I started using Wixela and I had trouble breathing and had to use a rescue inhaler. I would give this medicine a thumbs down."

• Jane...
• September 23, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I have been on Advair for about 20 + years and have had very good control. Insurance replace with Wixela. I assumed that it would be equivalent to Advair and started using. After 3 days, I was very short of breath. after 4 days, I was struggling to breath and could not move without getting so short of breath that I thought I was going to pass out. I was about to go to the hospital, but had some Advair left and went back to it. Within 2 days, I was able to breath again. Doctor ordered Advair brand name, as Wexela was ineffective. Tricare denied saying it was not medically necessary. So when did breathing become not medically necessary."

• Dinos...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 15, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "They want me to replace Advair with wixela inhub. Theoretically it is the same medicine. Well maybe but it GAVE me such terrible breathing problems I had to stop in in three days. It’s not just that it did not work it had an adverse effect of making me shorter of breath."

• Anonymous
• January 16, 2011

Advair HFA (fluticasone / salmeterol) "This is my second experience using Advair inhaler. The first time I used it, it was like a miracle. My asthma disappeared. After using the inhaler for about 1 year, my asthma returned and worsened. I visited a naturopath and was advised to change my diet. I stopped gluten, citrus, soy and dairy foods. Once again, my asthma disappeared for about a year. When it returned to the point that my rescue inhaler was being used too frequently, the Dr. recommended that I return to advair. Once again, it worked. But, here I am three months later and my asthma is worsening. What is one to do?"

• C Scott
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 1, 2020

Advair Diskus (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I had a really bad asthma flare up recently. Albuterol by itself was not cutting it. Since starting this daily medication, I've found that I don't need the Albuterol as much. It took some time for the complete benefits but, I'm satisfied!"

• Nan
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 10, 2022

Wixela Inhub (fluticasone / salmeterol) "I had been using Advair since my lung cancer surgery 16 years ago. I have moderate COPD and no issues since using Advair. Tricare recently switched my med to Wixela without notice of change. The Inhub delivery system is useless. Powder stays on back of tongue, none in lungs. I have tried getting prior authorization thru tricare express scripts and was denied. Currently on appeal but not hopeful. Shame on the FDA for approving Wixela as a generic equvilant."