Advair Diskus Side Effects

What is Advair Diskus?

Advair is a medication used to prevent asthma attacks and to prevent flare up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It contains two main ingredients, fluticasone and salmeterol. Fluticasone is a steroid that prevents inflammation and salmetorol is a bronchodilator that relaxes the muscles in the airway to improve breathing. When these two are combined, the relieve the symptoms of coughing, shortness of breath, and wheezing much better that either would alone.

The small purple disk, known as the "diskus" the the applicator for the medicine. The disk keeps single doses of the medication in caplet shaped depressions that can be breathed in by peeling away a layer of foil.

Potential for Abuse?

No information available.

Call your doctor immediately if you have an allergic reaction such as hives, difficulty breathing, swelling in your face, tongue, lips or closing of your throat.

Serious Advair Diskus side effects:

wheezing, chest tightness, trouble breathing
irregular heartbeat
restlessness
blurred vision
fever
chills
chest pain
white patches or sore inside mouth

Less serious Advair Diskus side effects:

headache
dizziness
nausea
vomiting
diarrhea
stuffy nose, sinus pain
sore throat
cough
deepened voice

This is not a complete list of Advair Diskus side effects. Consult your doctor for a full list.

Interesting Advair Diskus Tidbits

Here are some interesting tidbits on Advair Diskus

The diskus is only used in the US; internationally, a standard aerosol metered dose inhaler called an Evohaler is used.
The FDA recently issued a "not approved" letter to the distributor for a higher dose treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.