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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Side Effects Advair

Opinion: Two Ohio families believe Advair caused their sons' personality changes

October 02, 2008
Two families in Ohio began noticing "erratic," angry behaviors in their children and suspected the asthma drug Advair was behind the sudden personality changes. After consulting with their doctors, both families took their sons off the medicine. Advair maker GlaxoSmithKline insists side effects are rare and that Advair has been approved as "safe and effective" for use in children and adults. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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4 Reasons Severe Asthma Rates Are Declining
By Rick Frea , Health Expert

...I'd say the best medicines so far for asthma are Advair and Symbicort.  Both these medicines... Read more »

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Understanding Black Box Warnings for Asthma Medicines
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...medications have received the black box warning lately:Advair DiskusAdvair HFASerevent... Read more »

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Asthma Medication Issues - How Do You Know What's Safe?
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...year, we've heard about issues with Serevent and Advair (which is a combination drug that... Read more »

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Late-Onset Allergies
By Dr. Paula J. Busse , Health Expert

...abnormalities, infectious diseases, medication side effects may produce allergy-like symptoms,... Read more »

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Is Less Asthma Medicine in Your Future?
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...165 patients switched to a combination drug called Advair®,which mixes fluticasone with... Read more »

Health Guide

Asthma in Adults: Long-Term Relief Medications
...anti-inflammatory properties.Single devices that contain both drugs are now available in the U.S. (Advair) and parts of Europe (Seretide, Symbicort). These inhalers appear to be safe and possibly... Read more »
Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Long-Term Relief Medications
...short-acting forms, these beta2-agonists may even have anti-inflammatory properties. A single inhaler (Advair Diskus) that combines both long-acting beta2-agonists and corticosteroids is now... Read more »
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Medications
...anti-inflammatory properties.Inhalers that combine a long-acting beta2-agonist and a corticosteroid (Advair, Seretide, Symbicort) are even more effective than either agent -- reducing... Read more »
Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
...effects with long-term use. Inhalers that combine a long-acting beta2-agonists and a corticosteroid (Advair, Seretide, Symbicort) are even more effective than either agent alone -- reducing... Read more »
Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Highlights
...used preventively, to treatasthma attacks or wheezing that is getting worse.Drug ResearchFluticasone (Advair, Flovent) works better than montelukast (Singulair) in controlling mild-to-moderate... Read more »

Medications

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This product is a combination medication (salmeterol and fluticasone). It is used as a... Read more »

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...treatment with this medication with your doctor. Side Effects See also Precautions. Hoarseness,... Read more »

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...performed to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more... Read more »

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...(e.g., amitriptyline, nortriptyline) Many drugs besides this product may affect the heart... Read more »

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...product since this may increase your risk for side effects. In patients with asthma, this... Read more »

Related News

FDA scrutinizes kids' asthma meds
October 03, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to evaluate the safety of many kids' medications this week--among them, the asthma meds Serevent,... Read summary »

Analysis: Asthma patients can cut dose
October 03, 2008

Some experts say mild asthma sufferers can cut down their dose of corticosteroid medications and still control asthma symptoms. A study involving 500... Read summary »

Study: Advair, Flovent safe for adults to use twice a day
October 02, 2008

A new study by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has found that Advair (fluticasone propionate, salmeterol) and Flovent (fluticasone propionate) appear to be... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Flovent dosing for patients with COPD
October 02, 2008

This is a study to determine the safest and most effective dose of Flovent that is comparable to a dose of Advair for people who have chronic... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Study of allergic rhinitis and asthma
October 02, 2008

This is a clinical trial to study the effects of some asthma medications (including Advair) in patients who have both allergic rhinitis and asthma.... Read summary »