SYMBICORT Reviews (BUDESONIDE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE)

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SYMBICORT  (BUDESONIDE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE):  This product is used to control and prevent symptoms (wheezing and shortness of breath) caused by asthma or ongoing lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-COPD, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema). It contains 2 medications: budesonide and formoterol. Budesonide belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids. It works by reducing the irritation and swelling of the airways. Formoterol belongs to the class of drugs known as long-acting beta agonists. It works by opening airways in the lungs to make breathing easier. Controlling symptoms of breathing problems can decrease time lost from work or school. When used alone, long-acting beta agonists (such as formoterol) may rarely increase the risk of serious (sometimes fatal) asthma-related breathing problems. However, combination inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta agonists, such as this product, do not increase the risk of serious asthma-related breathing problems. For asthma treatment, this product should be used when breathing problems are not well controlled with one asthma-control medication (such as inhaled corticosteroid) or if your symptoms need combination treatment. Before using this medication, it is important to learn how to use it properly. This medication must be used regularly to be effective. It does not work right away and should not be used to relieve sudden asthma attacks. If an asthma attack occurs, use your quick-relief inhaler (such as albuterol, also called salbutamol in some countries) as prescribed.   FDA Approval Date: 2006-07-21 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR SYMBICORTCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 1  Asthma I thought that I could not breath from my Asthma but that is nothing compared to not being able to breath after taking Symbicort. It happened almost immediately not to mention the anxiety and chest pressure. I did not like how this medication made me feel and will not use it again. 1 days
2X day
4/25/2014
 4  Late onset asthma The first two weeks I used it as prescribed, to puffs twice per day. My eye pressure and higher blood pressure became quite noticeable during that period, so I tapered off to once a day, then once every other day, once every three days and so on. Now I use it about once a week, or week-and-a-half. I basically wait until my coughing becomes apparent, then use it once (one puff) then not again until I start coughing, usually a week or more later. After tapering off (not by a doctor's recommendation, btw) as I self-monitored my symptoms and side-effects, it works great, and I have been able to achieve a balance of breathing with low side-effects. I'm down to one puff every week or so, with not much in the way of noticeable side-effects. A little eye pressure here and there, blood pressure a little on the high side, but that's also hereditary. Diet and exercise help with that. M 40 1 years
160/4.5 1X W
4/24/2014
 5  Asthma None I'm not sure this is supposed to be a long-term treatment for Asthma, but my doctor says, 'as long as it keeps working - keep taking it' - and it's worked far better for me than any other maintenance spray, after 25+ years of taking medication for Asthma. I never even need an emergency inhaler any more. Again, I do worry about staying on it for too long, but so far - so good! M 35 4 years
160/4.5MC 4X day
4/15/2014
 4  asthma breathing better, didn't have to use rescue inhaler. Mood changed, i felt depressed and very sad after 3rd week using the drug. I wondered what was wrong with me as everything in life is good. I realized the only change i had in past month was the new drug. Went online, read what others experienced and stopped the drug immediately. will go back to advair. SCARY F 55 30 days
2X day
3/27/2014
 5  asthma not sure if it's a side effect "anxious" I was always on 100 mg twice daily until I was given 200mg inhaler and took that once a day. Quit smoking after bacterial pneumonia and everything leveled off been on inhalers since they came out and this year I stopped daily the daily dose of 200 I am 57 yr old female born with asthma F 8 years
200 1X day
3/3/2014
 5  Asthma Symbicort has changed my entire life, I was diagnosed when I was 2 years old in 1987 and have had SEVERE allergy induced asthma since then, and I'm allergic to everything. My entire life had been an experiment in controller medications, rescue inhalers and hospitalization. I've consistently gone through one rescue inhaler every two weeks to a month literally for all of my living memory, I do not remember a time in my life where I wasn't sick. Until 2 months ago I'd been using Advair and honestly it did make a difference as a controller, if I was too broke to afford it I'd get worse after a few days. My Dr. advised me to just TRY Symbicort for 2 weeks instead and suddenly I felt almost like a person who has never had asthma. I've had the same rescue inhaler for 2 MONTHS which is unheard of, my allergy attacks are just sneezing and no wheezing, I've actually, on several occasions, forgotten my inhaler at home because I use it so infrequently. My breathing is so good, so controlled that it's almost unreal. I've experienced a touch of insomnia and a raspy throat as side effects. For the insomnia I just started taking my night time dose WAY earlier, like 5pm, for the raspy throat there's not much I can do except resign myself to sounding like a phone sex operator, I'm already rinsing like I should. I've had no weight gain, in fact I've LOST weight because I can finally work out without an asthma attack looming over me! But then I am used to Advair and Prednisone and other steroid F 28 2 months
2/23/2014
 1  COPD My neck and back bones have been destroyed. My back used to be fine, now I have curvature of the spine. spinal stenosis and a fracture. Don't use this or else get a dexa-scan every 6 mos. to check on your condition. F 78 4 years
160/4.5
2/5/2014
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 2  Asthma bronchitis 2 puffs twice a day till finish. Post nasal drip, swollen eye lids, hives, mucus. It did help to get maximum peak flow readings, but stopped taking it because my eyes were too swollen, I'm also breaking really bad on my face which is not normal to me. M 18 3 weeks
160 2X day
1/28/2014
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 4  Asthma? Not aware of any Extremely concerned about long term impact to body .. want to wean off of the med, but not sure how to do it; am considering daily observations with the hope of dropping some weight, eating better and at the same time spreading out the frequency of taking the meds so that I can get off of it M 2 years
80mg 1X day
1/1/2014
 1  asmatic brochitis after five days the back of my throat became white with either thrush or yeast infection. Stopped immediately. Dr prescribed this for a five week chronic cough with wheezing tendencies. Still have the irritating cough, stopped the Symacort due to severe thrush/yeast infection down the throat. M 58 5 days
2 puffs 2X day
12/29/2013
 2  Asthma Mild to medium psychosis, muscle cramps, headache, feeling unwell, memory loss. Low doses: Low sex appetite. Higher doses: Unusual high and manic sex-apetite The first dose was an overdose, i misunderstood the counter, it ran me right into a "roidrage" and made me "sex-crazy" and destroyed my sleep that night. Except that the first 3 weeks went fine, though i was talking non-stop like an old woman, and I'm not a talker. Annoying muscle cramps particularly in the chest which get worsened by cold air or a lot of caffeine. When i heighten the dose it all went crazy. I went into a psychotic roller-coaster and high blood pressure, feeling dizzy, faint. day one in week 3. i was fixed on spanish men, masturbating my brains out. The next day i was severely depressed, the third day i suddenly exploded over nothing, kicking hole in the walls and destroying stuff, 5 min later it was gone like nothing happened, suicide depressed for 15 min, which disappeared like it never happened , happy, depressed, in love, out of love and suddenly really violent angry for 5 seconds, and mania thoughts. And so on.... Sometimes the inhalator make my chest thigh, so i haft to use the relief inhalator. Poor wound healing, feeling like another person, stiff neck, sick exhausting dreams, worsen acid reflux which then again on empty stomach can set of heavy asthma attacks. positively It removes chronic depression and make you give a shit about things. If your asthma is not that bad, don't use it more than 14 days or stay away from it. If you have any kind of autism, from mild asperger to severe kanner syndrome, expect a psychoti M 27 4 weeks
160/4.5 3X day
12/5/2013
 2  asthma great problems with "cloudiness"/inablity to function as well as usual cognitively; restlessness; feeling of being unwell The medicine seems to function well regarding preventing/alleviating symptoms of the asthma itself but I will nonetheless discontinue using it due to how very unwell I am currently feeling which I suspect is due to the perceived side-effects (which also have made it hard to perform at work). Instead, I will go back to using the inhalers I had before. F 44 7 days
4.5 mcg 2X day
10/31/2013
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 1  Asthma and infection Caused me to make urination increasingly difficult. By 1 week I couldn't go at all and by evening I was in so much pain and it backed up into kidneys. Ankles swelled and face and throat too. Finally, by 10 hrs by lying in hot bath could get out little. Did that ALL night long. Second day back to normal. I would have died, if I hadn't done that. It was deadly for me. F 61 8 days
160x2 a da
10/9/2013
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 3  bronchiectasis unusual increase in anxiety; difficulty with concentration, lethargy and depression. The Symbicort does work for the breathing and opening up the airways. I do have a rescue inhaler and will continue just to use the flutter valve and OTC medicine such as Mucinex. I have been through several inhalers but I am going to try it without the Symbicort. F 71 3 weeks
160 mcg 2X day
8/14/2013
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 1  For a cough do to sinus infection Severe anxiety, muscle pain, stomach pain. Feeling like my organs doubled in size and no longer fit in my body. Couldn't eat do to stomach pain. Tremors. Insomnia. Intestinal spasms. 39 3 days
2X day
8/10/2013
 5  Asthma hoarse voice, anxiety, headaches, nausea I have been on Symbicort for many years. I am contributing my consistent hoarse voice to this, but I also was not consistent with rinsing my mouth after usage. Now I am. I have always been anxious, but it's probably due to being on asthma and allergy medication since I was a kid. I sometimes get nausea in my stomach area, been happening since only last year, not sure if from anxiety or Symbicort. I saw Symbicort can cause stomach upset so it could be possible after all these years. Honestly, Symbicort has worked the best for me, and I've tried everything. My asthma is under so much more control now, and I only need rescue nebulizer once in awhile, maybe once a month, if that. It almost works as well as a rescue inhaler. My hair has NOT fell out from using Symbicort, and I have had NO weight gain. I have maintained the same weight for years, but I work out and eat small meals. The only annoying side effect is the hoarse voice. Other than that, nothing serious, headaches could be from anything, and my mom gets migraines so I could just be like her. I've never had any serious problems on Symbicort. F 28 7 years
160mg 2X day
8/6/2013
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 3  asthma alot of weight gained,change in voice,shorter growth,joint pain,muscle cramps, it helped with my asthma,put i couldnt get out of my seat without using my hands.i dint hit puberty because of it, M 15 5 years
30mg 2X day
8/6/2013
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 1  asthma my breathing became excellent although I did begin to feel some anxiety after the first week so I continued to take it thinking it would go away.once I hit the third week I noticed that I was getting very cloudy somewhat lethargic.I even noticed that I was drinking coffee and instead of waking up I was feeling more and more tired.it was hard for me to concentrate at work I couldn't juggle many things at once I hate not feeling sharp. I did tell my doctor that I was starting to feel extremely tired he said that just to give it a little bit more time the side effects might go away he also said that I should get more sleep so I tried it. the next day I woke up and I still had the same side effects it seemed as the days went by the cloudiness in the mind fog just got worse.iit got to the point where I couldn't take it anymore so I called my doctor and he told me to discontinue the medication. that same day I ended up having a panic attack my blood pressure was super high and I had to leave work a little bit early I also ended up taking Ativan just to calm down.the following day I continue to feel the same still felt cloudy I felt anxious so I ended up going to the ER I was there till like 12 midnight they did some lab work performed an EK Geven gave me a drug test which is funny and of course everything was negative the conclusion that came to was the symbicort was causing the side effects. so they released me the following day I felt much better after 48 hours of discontinuing. M 27 3 weeks
80/4.5
7/16/2013
 1  Asthma/COPD Significant hair loss, uncontrolled bleeding, chronic respiratory infections, hoarseness, soar throat, difficulty breathing and a constant unproductive cough. Oh, and weird anxiety. I have never had any breathing medication cause such horrible side effects and without warning. I am grateful to have found the previous comments. I thought I was losing my mind. Insurance stopped paying for the cheaper Advair--go figure. I'm heading for the phone now to call the ins. folks!! Thanks all. F 51 6 months
2X day
7/8/2013
 3  COPD Raspy & dry throat. Significant weight gain...all in the trunk (upper & lower abdomen) without any changes to eating/working/exercise habits. Severe thinning of skin on forearms...barely a touch on something leaves a blood bruise that takes a couple of weeks to heal. If it's a bad one (i.e. banged it not just touched something) the skin actually will peel off & bleed. I didn't realize my weight gain could be due to the drug until I researched a lot. Came up with Cushing's Syndrome (due to puffy eye & cheek of late), but knew probably not that as it's rare. This led me to some mentions of Symbicort-related side effects experienced by others. The thinning skin...due to the steroids...my dr. advised me of that. Stopping Symbicort now & going to make a dr. appt. asap to get on a non-steroid inhaler. F 62 1 years
200 2X day
4/24/2013

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