Quote Originally Posted by hirakukibou View Post
Like nybiker, I took Advair and had throat irritation to the point where my doc changed my med to Qvar which is similar to Pulmocort. It is a steroid inhaler without the extra albuterol. I didn't have weight gain from the Advair or Qvar from what I can tell.

Good luck with figuring out the meds. I know that can be quite a process. I am *still* working to fully control my asthma.

Thx for your reply. It is a puzzle to figure out the meds. It's frustrating sometimes having athletic passions, and your body doesn't want to join in the passion correctly (like breath right).

My docs have told me before that this is actual in our favor as asthmatics. I guess the more sedentary you are, the less physical exertion it takes to trigger the asthma.

I hate it when they do that stupid lung capacity test in the office. The mini-machine (like a peak flow meter, but it's electronic, and produces a graph) breathing test. The RN showed me last time: "well... for your age etc., your average normal range of lung capacity is X... and you are ok, or above that".

OK, that's a good thing. But I don't think it compares apples to apples when you consider endurance athletes and what our lung capacity is (or needs to be for the sports performance)... compared to a coach potatoe.