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| Ok You all speak chinese to me right now!  I don't know any of those medications but I do have Seretide 500 to take twice a day and Nasonex twice a day. I have nothing for crises since I am not sure what is a crise | |
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Seretide, like Symbicourt, is effectively 2 different medications in one inhaler. The salmetrol (Serevent TM) is the long acting bronchodilator part, and fluticasone (Flixotide TM) is the corticosteroid (anti inflammatory) part.
Seretide 500 seems like quite a high dose to me (I use a Seretide 125 2 puffs twice a day), and I'm also surprised you haven't been prescribed with a fast acting bronchodilator such as Salbutamol (Ventolin TM) as the Salmeterol part will not help you in the event of an attack - doesn't work fast enough. Every asthma sufferer should have a Ventolin, or equivalent IMO, just in case - even if you never need to use it.
Disclaimer - I'm not a doctor, and what I've said is based on purely my experience as an asthmatic. Your needs may well be different to mine.