Fluticasone (flovent )and low immunoglobulins?

Hi, I take fluticasone 133mcg for asthma. I've been sickly pretty much all my life and after some 10 years of blood tests showing nothing, my doc tested me for celiac. My igA was below normal levels so she tested the igG and igM and they were all well below normal. My CBC was normal; only the antibodies. I'm scheduled for more tests to try and pin down why I'm deficient (HIV negative, btw)...

Is it at all possible that flovent, being a corticosteroid, has any affect on igA, igG, igM?? I'm not taking any other meds except lamictal.

I will definitely mention it to the doc, although she'll have probably considered this. On second thought, I think that these drugs would reduce white blood cells, not the proteins themselves. That's probably why my doctor didn't mention the flovent.

My wife takes that (in Advair) and our neighbor's friend quit taking it for the reasons you give, so my wife got scared and quit taking it, too. Her pulmonary doctor got on her case, saying all this was just anecdotal evidence and there have been no true double-blind studies showing any relationships to fluticasone and immuno problems.

Other than this experience, I don't know what to tell you.

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Its seems possible that the inhaler could be doing this. You could ask the doctor to check on this, or maybe call the pharmacist where you got the prescription. The tests will not be valid if the spray is causing the problem.