Asthma and Allergy

[chitu249]

since last october 2010 is suffering due to severe cold cough and later it  was aggrevated to severe breathlessness some sort of wheezing problem...all the tests have been done and there is no problem in blood urine heart etc.,i have undergone severe nebulisations, antibiotic treatment and also use of sprays like seroflow asthalin and also used budecort duolin in nebulisations but still wheezing  persists.....now doctor has advised me to take odimont-lc, fluticone ft, Medrol-4 mg formanide....my doubt now is does any of these medicines contain steroids and if so will it have any other side effect ....since i have been advised to take the above said medicines for a month......i am slightly confused what to do???? kindly clarify.....

[ChristineMP]

Odimont is not in my Nurse's Drug Book. I did an Internet search and one site gave the generic name as montelukast which is sold in the U.S. under the brand name Singulair. If this is medicaiton you have been prescribed, it is not a steroid.

When you say fluticone do you mean fluticasone? If so, it is an inhaled corticosteroid.

Medrol is a corticosteroid.

I was not able to find any information on formanide.

Corticosteroids do have side effects and should not be stopped abruptly. I'm not sure why your doctor would specify to take them just for a month. You should contact your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the side effects and the duration of your treatment.

[bsmsl]

Hello and wellcome to MedHelp and the community.

The best person to ask these questions is your pharmacist.  Your doctor could also answer them for you.

budecort duolin is most likely an inhaled corticosteroid.  Inhaled corticoseroids have few side effects when used properly.  Be sure to rinse your mouth out thoroughly after use as you could develop a thrush (yeast) infection.

Mederol is methyprednisolone in the US.  I am not familiar with it combined with "formanide", so it could be something else.  Mederol here is a steroid.  Long term use could have side effects, but if you are only taking 4 mg a day you shouldn't have any.

I hope that helps you some.
God bless.