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Alternative To Symbicort

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Carrollton, AL

I want to get off of Symbicort because of the bruises and thin skin that it causes. Is there a non-steroidal medicine that works well?

January 4, 2019
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A MyCOPDTeam Member

Anoro or Advair

January 7, 2019
A MyCOPDTeam Member

You can try any of the Long Acting Beta Agonists: Serevent, Brovana, Perforomist, Arcapta or Striverdi.. You could also try any of the LABA/LAMA combinations to see if they might work better for you: Anoro, Stiolto, Bevespi or Utibron. You may find that you really need the ICS in order to really continue to breathe well. Talk with your pulmonologist.

January 4, 2019
A MyCOPDTeam Member

If you are on a blood thinner this may also do this. I am on Eliquis, and that is where mine comes from. There are other blood thinner like Warfarin, and they all do the same thing. Everytime I get an IV, I am unbelievably bruised. Also aging causes the skin to thin badly. So it doesn't have to be a med.

January 19, 2019
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Please check your computer for a virus. Your emails arrive in numbers.

January 25, 2019
A MyCOPDTeam Member

Thank you.

January 4, 2019

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