symptoms worse with certain steroid in halers
i have had an allergic reaction to the steroid inhalers prescribed for me by my doctor. i have stopped taking them to let the allergy dampen down with antihistamines as adviced by nurse before trying a new in haler with a different steroid combination. however i feel so much better without the steroid that im afraid to try the new one and i have become very sensitive to the sun which i never have before and the bruising on my forearms was horrendous.
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Wow, that does not sound like any kind of fun at all. I have never heard of sensitivity to the sun as a result of an allergic reaction. I would think your doctor could prescribe something else to control inflammation that does not contain a steroid. I would be apprehensive to use any type of steroid inhaler also if I were you. I have been using Symbicort for about 7 months without issue. I would also think there would be an allergy test you could be given to figure out what you can tolerate and what you can't. I am not a big fan of the "try this, try that" way of trying to find a solution. It just seems to me that there has to be better ways of determining what you can take and what you cannot. Hope you get it all worked out. I am interested to hear what solution actually works for you. Hang in there.
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et al - Interesting! I am allergic to antihistamines! Dangit! They will kill me. I am also allergic to Big Pharma's ridiculous price hikes. So, when the price of my Symbicort went from $35 to $510 in one month last year, I called the Doctor. She hooked me up. I now get my Budesonide in ampules to use with my Ipratropium Albuterol, from my oxygen supplier, and it is all covered under Part A! So it's free! I like that price much better! By the way, my dry mouth and hoarse voice is caused by the 24/7 oxygen at 3.5lpm, not the drugs. However, my easy bruising is caused by the Prednisone. But I was on a high dose. I am on only 5mg per day now and the bruising is going away, slowly. Crazy. For a while there I looked like I'd been in a gang fight. When I collapsed and spent time in the hospital in August, I was on 200mg of Prednisone a day!!! After I came home I gradually tapered off and now am down to just 5mg. But I had Pneumonia almost continuously for over half the year. Had to take PT again to get back off the walker. I think we all have different reactions to these meds, and it takes time and variation to find the right setup. Luckily, I still have my coffee, which is very soothing right now! Now if I could just catch up with all this housework!
