Do you have asthma or COPD? I think the Advair is for that. Going off can put your breathing at risk? I've been having pain problems with my shoulder/arm and my asthma got out of control (I use Flovent) so I've have to have a short course of Prednisone. I hate when there's too much going on that's unknown and too many meds that might be contributing, etc. I stopped my two pain meds yesterday because they appeared to be making things worse. I'm ready to deal with the pain (less, my nerve problems have gotten a bit better in the last 3 weeks so it's not quite so intense, for whatever reason) rather than the meds that weren't doing much but making things yuckier.

Hope you and your doctor figure something out soon!