Follow-up. I'm on Advair HFA 1 puff twice a day. This is the second week where I am coughing up a tablespoon or so of clear phlegm about 6 times a day.
I have developed hoarseness from drug, so increasing to 2 puffs would seem a problem. It is like a catch-22. I am now trying use of a spacer recommended here recently.
I've read that the corticosteroid drug is what causes hoarseness. I'm reading about people switching to Anoro without the corticosteroid which helped others with the hoarseness problem. But Anoro is less effective in flare-ups than a drug like Trelogy that has the corticosteroid (same manufacturer). Is Anoro really any different from Mucinex (guaifenesin) besides being more expensive?
Any thoughts? I read that after a cold, as I had, a flare-up can occur with this clear phlegm problem. And it can take up to 4 or so weeks to resolve. So I am still with primary doctor, not the pulmonary group.