Thanks to that and Advair's nifty delivery system--a plastic purple puck that is easy to use--the drug has moved far beyond a narrow audience of severe asthma patients to reach those with mild cases and nonasthmatics who simply have a bad bronchial cough.

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Older children and adults who have whooping cough often appear to have a bad cold or persistent cough that can be so severe that it causes vomiting.

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Golden says he tried to explain why the side effects weren't as bad as the patient thought, and why the medicine would take care of his cough.

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People can also get fever, fatigue, cough, changes in ability to taste and smell, ear pressure, headache and bad breath.

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