Asthma: My Personal Experience with Advair

The day I first tried the Advair discus inhaler was a memorable day because it was right before my first day as a senior in high school. My asthma was in its weakest stages at the age 17, but I was required to take the medication due to the polluted air in Central California. Even though I never had severe asthma attacks living in that area, I did however have pretty bad allergies since it I lived in a rural area. It wasn't picnic, but I was excited that I was moving to New York after my high school graduation. I actually stopped taking the asthma inhaler called Albuterol after switched to Advair because the side effects were a little too much for me. My body would be shaking from the medicine an hour after taking it. I couldn't take it anymore so my doctor thought it was time to switch to a new medicine. This new medicine was supposed relieve me of Asthma attacks even though I haven't had any in a long time. Unlike the Albuterol inhaler I took before, Advair was actually more of a dry powdered medicine than a misty one.

Anyway, the medicine didn't really have much of an effect on me for some odd reason, but I did end up having a rapid pulse. At the age of 17, I was at the point of stopping Asthma medication all together. The side effects were actually similar to the albuterol medication, but less extreme possibly because I was not a child anymore and my body was stronger. However, I was still scared because there was a student from my school who died of an asthma attack a year earlier. I wanted to be cautious on the medicines I took so I decided to keep the Albuterol if I ever actually have another asthma attack. Advair has been known to cause cataracts, irregular heartbeat, and glaucoma. These symptoms however are very rare among patients and you should consult your doctor before taking the medicine because everyone's body reacts differently from these particular medicines. Information regarding Advair was found at advair.com. For more information about asthma symptoms, go to GoBreath.com. Information about the Albuterol inhaler was collected at webmd.com.