Its difficult to make a judgement without knowing your grandson's exact details.
In general terms, its fair to say that asthma is very difficult to diagnose in a 6yr old- they find it difficult to participate in the tests we need to do.
Its perfectly reasonable to adopt a "suck it and see" approach- try a medication and see what happens to the symptoms.
Having said that, our (UK) guidance wouldn't suggest advair as a first line treatment- has he tried a "bronchodilator" (eg salbutamol) first?
The components of advair are used very frequently in the uk, on children, and I personally havn't come across any untoward effects.
I think if your worried, express this to your doc, (they aint mind readers:-) ) and perhaps explore some further options, such as a "wait and see" approach.
Last edited by got caught; 2nd Feb 2006 at 10:39.