wheezing and inhalers

Hiya V-A,

Just a quick reply to bump this and see if anyone else here has had a similar problem....

Is this brown inhaler Beclometasone ? If it is I think this is the preventative they give to asthma patients.

It is steroid based so could give you a sore throat and as with most steroids kill off you good bacteria and if used often oral thrush can develop. So do keep a lookout for this.

Fingers crossed the inhalers help.

G n' J

I had a terrible cough which started during Radiotherapy I was sent for a CT scan which thankfully was clear, was given antibiotics forward 2 month I started to cough again, went back to my gp yesterday have been given a course of steriods I do have asthma although never needed my inhaler for ages so Im back using them x

Hope ur inhalers help x

Good morning I had radiorhereapy last June and had 12 sessions I have stage 3 lung cancer it left me feeling so ill coughing with mucus in abundance tried antibiotics  then steroids then xray as no imprvement xray showed pnemonitus the radiotherapy has scsrred the little bit of good lung I had . Apparently this can take over a year to heal. Have got inhaler the red one and now take co codamol30/500 and mucadine which seems to be helping. Started another course of chemo on thursday much stronger than before so fingers crossed it will reduce the beastie and give me some more breathing space. Good luck x

Hi G n J

Yes you are right.  They are helping. Seem to be using the brown one more ( morning and evening), but I have the blue one to use should I need to.  I will be testing them properly tomorrow, when I do my weekly mile walk. If I am ok tomorrow I will be using the brown inhaler still but only 1 puff instead of 2.

G.P has told me to only use these inhalers for another month, which is fine by me. But we shall wait and see.

Got to get it sorted as I go back to work on 17th March. I already have a sore throat and was wondering if it was the inhalers, thank you for helping me put my mind at ease with that.

Onward and upward, keep going is the motto.

I,ve got everything crossed they work,  and I can get moving without them.

Thanks again you lovely two.

Love and hugs V-A xxxx 

I had radiotherapy earlier on this year and I have had controlled , exercise induced asthma for years. After radiation my asthma was definitely worse and I needed to take extra brown inhaler. However 10 months later it's better, back to normal. 

Hi All, I suffered with breathing problems during Chemotherapy at the beginning of this year, and was given steroids which helped a lot. I then had my op followed by radiotherapy, which finished in August. Since then I have had a couple of colds, and they always go straight to my chest. About three weeks ago I went to my GP with a persistent cold and cough, and he diagnosed bronchitis, gave me antibiotics, steroids and a ventolin inhaler - within three days I was so much better! When I went back 10 days later for a follow-up, he said he thought I had adult onset asthma, quite possibly brought on by radiotherapy, and told me to hold on to the inhaler. I've been coughing for three days now, but the inhaler is definitely helping! He did say he thinks it will eventually resolve itself too. xx

Hope all goes well for you 

Hi Valerie-anne,

I'm asthmatic and my doctor told me that beclomethasone takes about two weeks to become effective. Ventolin will give more immediate results though if you're wheezy. As mentioned above, remember to rinse out your mouth after using your inhalers as they can cause oral thrush. Alternatively, try breathing in the steam from a boiled kettle or bowl of boiled water with the bonus of a facial at the same time! Hope you're less wheezy soon!

PinkSquirrel 

This is a known side effect of radiotherapy.  Cancer Research have more information on this here.  There is another side effect not mentioned here which I am struggling to remember the name of.  It can be longer term, so any issues should be mentioned to your oncologist or GP for further investigation.  

Hi I have just started my radiotherapy for stage 1 breast cancer and am experiencing some side effects I am worried about. I'm getting quite abit of mucus buildup in my lungs and a permanent dry cough and feeling breathlessness i am only 48.

I still have 12 more sessions to go through and am not coping can anyone help me?

Suzanne