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Anyone found Symbicort not managing SOB with Asthma/Bronchiectasis?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Dec 28, 2025 | Replies (5)
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@sueinmn
Sue, a couple of questions have occurred to me, firstly did you have any concerns in increasing the Symbicort (being a steroid) and may I ask how you treat your sleep apnoea...did you previously say with a CPap machine? I had a dental splint made to see if it would do enough, yet to do a sleep study to discover the results, booked in a couple of weeks from now. I didn't want to use CPap because it was another machine to cart around and also because of the issues with steralising.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Dec 28, 2025

@narelled23 The steroid concern is why we went with more doses of the low dose instead of switching to the higher dose. I only use more doses intermittently as needed.

I use a dental splint for my sleep apnea, and it has helped (my sleep tracker on my smart watch shows more deep sleep, more sleep overall and less time awake.) My husband reports that he gave up his earplugs because I no longer gasp at night.
My pulmonologist recommended the splint over a CPAP for exactly the same issues with disinfection. My retest is due in May.

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