Has anyone been on Advair?

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Since my HSV1 pneumonia in August I have had ongoing problems

breathing. The chest tightness was one aspect but I also experience

frequent breathlessness from any activity, even mild activity.

Yesterday my family GP gave me a sample of Advair to try. It's begun

to help enormously. Once again it seems a steroid is the only thing

that make symptoms better! Has anyone else been on this medication?

When I looked it up it seemed a dangerous choice, lots of risk and the

usual nasty side effects - but I was so tired of lying on the couch

because I couldn't breath well enough to do anything else. After much

soul-searching I decided to give it a try in spite of the risks. Here

is the link on Advair:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a699063.html