SYMBICORT Reviews (BUDESONIDE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE DIHYDRATE)Average Rating: 2.4 (274 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SYMBICORT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SYMBICORT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Asthma | Helped with breathing but side effects are very worrisome. Daily and painful sharp cramping in feet and legs, 10-15 lb weight gain in just few months, moon face, and a bit of depression. I eat clean, work out 5-6x week, and generally healthy other than asthma. The constant foot and leg cramps made me look into side effects... the weight gain and change in my face finally makes sense after reading other's experience. I'm going to take myself off of this medication :( | F | 35 | 3 months 2 x a day | 6/1/2015 | 1 | Asthma | First I started having trouble with hoarsness and losing my voice. Since I'm a teacher, this was a problem. I lowered the doseage to once per day after the first month. Then I began to have muscle cramps, back pain, trouble swallowing, nasal congestion, neck pain and difficulty sleeping. At 6 months, I spoke to my MD who said he never heard of these side effects, but my pharmacist warned me that this may not be good for me. I have gained 15 pounds, but exercise regularly and eat a very healthy diet - no sugar, no white flour, lots of fruits veggies and lean meat, so there was no reason for the weight gain. Also losing my hair now and have developed bald spots. I am stopping the drug immediately after doing a lot of research. I could just kick myself for not following up with my pharmacist when I first had the symptoms, but the drug did relieve some breathing issues and I thought maybe I would "get used to it". The side effects are not worth the benefits in any way. | Ask your MD for something else. | F | 50 | 6 months 80 2X day | 5/30/2015 | 1 | Asthma | Eye pain in both eyes, bad blurred vision, tearing, trouble focusing my eyes, eye pressure where it felt like my eyes were bulging out, headache, felt weak especially while working out, felt like I was going to pass out after a work out, tiredness, stomach ache. | I had been on Advair for several years but the insurance company forced me to try Symbicort apparently to save them money. The med helped my asthma almost better than Advair but the eye trouble was terrible and scary. I've only been off it 3 days and my eyes still aren't completely back to normal but close. I'm probably going to set up an eye examine to make sure it didn't cause any damage. The eye pressure was so bad that it may have been considered an acute glaucoma attack but I don't know for sure yet. Luckily once I stopped it my eyes started feeling normal again. If I hadn't stopped it when I did it might have caused permanent damage. Online it says if you experience eye pain, blurred vision, eye redness contact doctor immediately. It was just getting worse so if you have any of those symptoms stop it immediately before you have permanent damage or go blind. | M | 30 | 8 days 80/4.5 4x | 5/23/2015 | 2 | asthma | I have shortness of breath I can cope with the anxiety and clenched hands I came of it to seretide better but weight gain sent my glaucoma pressure up back on symbicort 60 but still short of breath and the powder makes me cough | I want to try the symbicort liquid but no one knows much about it | F | 65 | 1 years 160 | 5/20/2015 | 4 | Asthma | None | The inhaler did not seem to have any effects on improving my lung functions as recorded in my doctor by multiple tests done, although physically I feel like I can breathe great | M | 16 | 2 years 2x/day | 5/19/2015 | 5 | Copd | Leg swellings | Great can't go without it.160/ | F | 70 | 6 years 80mcg | 5/12/2015 | 1 | copd | Huge weight gain never fat til started this inhaler does help me breathe but not worth the side effects also leg pain swollen feet cramps in lower legs. Worst of all weight gain like 40 lbs in a year! | F | 44 | 1 years 160/4.5 | 5/10/2015 | 4 | copd | Lost voice , 1/2 lb. a week weight gain ,hair loss, joint pain, interrupted sleep, fatigue, high blood pressure | It definitely helped my breathing but the side effects are no joke, it effected my quality of life. Felt like I aged 20 yrs. When voicing my concerns to my doctors, one doc would tell me it could be the symbicort , my other doc said no way , said it was menopause (completed 2yrs prior) I had been on and off symbicort a couple of times over the 3 years and could feel the difference in my body. I stopped taking it 4 mos ago and all my side effects have subsided. Down the road when my condition deteriorates, I will probably go back on it because it helps my breathing but for now I'll just use my rescue inhaler. | F | 55 | 3 years 80 / 4.5 2X day | 5/1/2015 | 5 | Asthma | Initially lost 2 pounds and wheezing came back after 12 hours | Unlike Advair 500 I have to take this every 12 hrs. It works very well for me. | M | 50 | 5 years 160 | 4/28/2015 | 3 | Emphysema | Weight gain Always slender until this usage | F | 59 | 1 days 160/4.5 | 4/23/2015 | 4 | Severe Emphysema | HUGE weight gain like 50 LBS! Foot cramps/leg, Acid reflux/ Heart burn, Bruising more and lasts months, Voice/hoarseness, Legs/ankles swollen with fluid, a couple times was pitting edema even. | I have taken it for about 3-4 years (and haven't needed Ventolin with it) and didn't know this med was why I gained so much weight since nothing says it causes that and doctors claim since it's inhaled it shouldn't cause weight gain.. Now I read a BUNCH of people have same issues. THANK you so much. I have always been a small person and this is devastating plus makes it harder to breathe. I thought weight gain was because I had quit smoking and menopause.. etc.. I have Emphysema and like that Symbicort does help but with these side effects it is bad. The weight gain, heart burn, edema and back/bone pain makes it hurt to move and hard to breathe. NOT WORTH IT! | F | 50 | 4 years 160 2X day | 4/14/2015 | 1 | Asthma | Terrible coughing spells that would last 6to 7 hours. Leaving me exhausted. Constant mucous production. I felt like I was drowning in my own mucous. | Reconsider taking this medication. I feel much better off of it | F | 62 | 8 months 160 2X O | 3/27/2015 | 1 | asthma, allergies, bronchitis | Burning in my throat, then it get intense, with nasal congestion. Then it goes to coughing, nasal stiffiness, serve hoareness..I feel so bad. I had to go to a walk in clinic, i was told that I should not been on this inhaler twice a day. I call the pharmacy, Was told how to discontinue, the inhaler. She told me to call my dr. I called never got a return call. But, I knew this inhaler wasn't working for me. I am no longer on it. whatever, happens, it has gotton worst, since being on this. | F | 54 | 6 months | 3/20/2015 | 3 | copd | Hoarseness | M | 49 | 10 years | 3/7/2015 | 3 | For copd | Terrible weight gain around Middle of stomach . | F | 69 | 2 years 200/6 | 2/14/2015 | 1 | asthma | Hair loss, huge weight gain, despair(suicidal impulses after taking it and driving car) swelling, swollen feet, loss of tonicity in gut so few BM.(instead of 2 or 3 per day) bloating(never had before). Voice is raspy and lower instead of beautiful. Knee pains ! various bone an joint pains... never had any before.Was on serratide previously and doctors told me it was good for me, that 40% hair loss etc was not due to it. Stopped taking it for a year or so and regrew hair in a spikes.Now on cymbicort I lose 2inch long hairs continuously from my scalp. | It works well to stop asthma. Its is a corticosteroid which means it blocks mitochondrial action and kills them, so tissues die. That means in mouth, throat, bronchi lungs, body and brain. As it is inhaled it passes down back of throat it has to be killing off the structure which closes off the lungs to keep food going down to stomach. i.e. stuff will fall into lungs as you swallow. LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE. eucalyptus diffused helps lungs and kills dust mites and allergens from them. google. Broccoli research/Mazaraki Melbourne university 2014 | F | 70 | 6 months 30 1X day | 2/10/2015 | 3 | Asthma | chest pain, headaches, anxiety, depression, muscle cramps, blurry vision, i think it reduced my short term memory capabilities, back pain, but worst of all it caused my lips to swell a little and a small rash to form which both came and go. | Stopped taking after being advised by my pharmacist and doctor. It improved my asthma really quickly, its just a shame all of the side effects occured. I am still getting swelling even after discontinuing use of symbicort. I am glad i noticed the swelling very early and back to using flixotide. | F | 22 | 3 days 200/6 ug 2X day | 2/1/2015 | 2 | COPD | I am a 52 year old male, originally prescribed Symbicort for COPD in 2011. It did at that time help with my breathing after a bout of pneumonia, My Dr prescribed this as part of a regular therapy because she thought it was needed daily .As the past few years have gone by, I began experiencing sever pain in my hips and back that eventually has led to the full replacement of both of my hips, and now getting ready for surgery on my back for unexplained vertebra breakage in my back that wont heal. | When I saw my first orthopedic Dr about my first hip surgery his first question was, "Have I been taking any steroids for long periods of time." I said only the Sybicort. Now within 2 months of my last hip replacement, I was hospitalized for severe pain in my upper torso. After a whole lot of every testing and 6 days in the hospital with heavy painkillers, it was discovered that I have two unexplained very seriously broken vertebrae in my back causing this massive amount pain. Upon numerous x rays, MRIs , CT scans, and Dexa Scans, My second orthopedic Dr asked me that same question. "Have I been taking any Steroids long term"?. Again, I said only Symbicort. Now the surgeon is asking the same questions and why is a 52 year old man with no family history of bone problems has had so much serious surgery done on his bones with no explanation ? After telling all of these doctors that I have been on Sybicort for the 4 plus years, I have noticed that each one of them will not comment about the Symbicort if it could be the reason. The best answer I have received is, " Its Possible". I am not a Doctor or anything like that, but I do feel that this medicine is one of the main reasons that I am going through these extensive surgeries and pain. I am quitting the use of this medicine. | M | 52 | 4 years 160/4.5 2X day | 1/29/2015 | 1 | Asthma | Horrible acne in my hairline, sever increase in blood pressure (177/98), weight gain of 24 pounds, very bad anxiety and panic attacks, disruption in sleep, bloating, constipation, very bad hoarse sounding voice with throat irritation and many many more side effects. | I tapered off of Symbicort a few weeks ago and my weight is coming off, my blood pressure has gone down to 134/69 already...hoping it continues to go back down. My anxieties are getting better. Acne is clearing up. Voice is back to normal. Basically, stay away from Symbicort... Its brutal... You'll start with asthma and you'll end up with ten times more issues that are worse than asthma. | M | 48 | 2 months | 1/22/2015 | 1 | asthma | I am a very happy person after 2months I started feeling very down and nervous not like me at all my hair has severly thinned down after reading on the net it brought it home that this drug is draining me. | Will not use this again, will go back to my blue inhalor | M | 37 | 4 months | 1/19/2015 |