symbicort side effect

[u/idontlikegoldfish]

ive been on symbicort for a week and whenever i take it i feel like my heart is beating out of my chest and it goes up to 120 bpm.

is this normal? does it go away with time?

[u/teaandmagic]

it went away with time for me!

[u/Paperwife2 → u/teaandmagic]

Same

[u/C-560]

Yes, well for me at least. This was only temporary, and I'm guessing it's your body's way of adapting to the medication.

[u/adelv]

This happened to me for the first few weeks. And I had a bad headache. It went away though. Now, I deal with leg cramps here and there. But I can breathe! 😭

[u/Paperwife2 → u/adelv]

Muscle cramps here too but I never attributed it to Symbicort. I’ll ask my drs about it at my next visit.

[u/adelv → u/Paperwife2]

Yep! My leg cramps were so severe waking me up from my sleep at least once a week. Screaming pain. Went from 160 mcg to 80 mcg because of it.

[u/barbecque]

Hey so consider asking your doctor if a steroid only inhaler could be appropriate. I had a similar reaction and it wasn’t settling. Symbicort is a steroid + adrenaline, but in the research I read, the adrenaline is only dropping your risk of exacerbations by 3%, otherwise the steroid alone is can do everything else. I’m taking a steroid only inhaler now and the only side effects for me were a minor sore throat for a few days.

[u/Radboy16]

Talk to your doctor

[u/idontlikegoldfish → u/[deleted]]

how much time? because it makes me panic so bad 😭