I have reported side effects to recent prescription meds using the 'yellow card' facility here -
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
The side effects were so unpleasant that I have ceased using the medication.
I was prescribed 7 days of oral steroids plus daily use of inhaled Spiriva.
On the 7th day just as steroids ended I experienced prolonged bouts severe nausea after eating. I blamed this on the steroids and hoped that the 'side effect' would pass.
I continued with the Spiriva, and as well as prolonged spells of nausea I also had a dry mouth and thirst, accompanied by a nasty taste that never went away no matter how much water I drank . This affected my appetite - zero desire for food.
A week of this was as much as I could tolerate so I ceased using Spriva.
In the days since, the nausea, thirst, foul taste have gradually subsided, and now ended.
My morning cough returned but I was glad to have the cough reflex restored in order to clear my lungs of the inhaled meds. Each ' clearing' signaled a lessening of the side effects.
I now feel that the steroids were useful (short term only) to clear the inflammation caused by birch pollen allergy but Spiriva makes my quality of life worse than without it.
I will be advising my doc of all this after I have moved. I don't want the risk of him persuading me to take some other inhaled med, and risk having more disabling side effects happening at the time of moving.