ADVAIR DISKUS ADVAIR - GlaxoSmithKline

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ
PART III: CONSUMER INFORMATION
Pr ADVAIR ®
salmeterol xinafoate/fluticasone propionate
inhalation aerosol
This leaflet is part III of a three-part "Product Monograph" for
ADVAIR ® and is designed specifically for Consumers. This
leaflet is a summary and will not tell you everything about
ADVAIR ® . Contact your doctor or pharmacist if you have any
questions about the drug.
ABOUT THIS MEDICATION
What the medication is used for:
Asthma (patients 12 years of age or older):
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs
characterized by episodes of difficulty in breathing. People
with asthma have extra sensitive or "twitchy" airways. During
an asthma attack, the airways react by narrowing, making it
more difficult for the air to flow in and out of the lungs.
Control of asthma requires avoiding irritants that cause asthma
attacks and taking the appropriate medications. For example,
patients should avoid exposure to house dust mites, mold,
pets, tobacco smoke and pollens.
ADVAIR ® should not be the first asthma medication you use
unless advised by your doctor. It is only used when a regular
inhaled corticosteroid medicine along with a fast acting
‘reliever’ medicine, such as salbutamol (e.g. VENTOLIN ® )
are not adequately helping you with your breathing problems.
ADVAIR ® helps to prevent breathlessness and wheezing from
happening due to asthma.
breathing problems.
Corticosteroids also help to prevent attacks of asthma.
When you take these two ingredients together regularly they
will both help to control your breathing difficulties.
When it should not be used:
ADVAIR ® does not act quickly enough to provide relief
from a sudden attack of breathlessness or wheezing. A fast
acting ‘reliever’ medicine, such as salbutamol (e.g.,
VENTOLIN ® ) should be used for any sudden attacks of
breathlessness or wheezing (e.g., asthma attacks).
Do not use ADVAIR ® if you:
• Are allergic or have had an allergic reaction to salmeterol
xinafoate, fluticasone propionate.
• Have a medical history of cardiac tachyarrhythmias
(problems of your heart beating fast and/or irregularly).
• Have a fungal, bacterial or tuberculosis infection.
• Have moderate to severe bronchiectasis (a lung condition).
What the medicinal ingredients are:
salmeterol xinafoate and fluticasone propionate.
What the nonmedicinal ingredients are:
CFC-free propellant, HFA.
What dosage forms it comes in:
ADVAIR ® inhalation aerosol is a pressurized metered dose
inhaler containing 25 mcg of salmeterol, and 50*, 125 or
250 mcg of fluticasone propionate per inhalation.
*ADVAIR ® 50 is not available in Canada
This medicine is for you. Only a doctor can prescribe it for
you. Never give it to someone else. It may harm them even if
their symptoms are the same as yours.
What it does:
ADVAIR ® contains two medicinal ingredients, salmeterol
xinafoate and fluticasone propionate.
Salmeterol xinafoate is a bronchodilator. It relaxes the
muscles in the walls of the small air passages in the lungs.
This helps to open the airways and makes it easier for air to
get in and out of the lungs. The effects of salmeterol
xinafoate last for at least 12 hours. When it is taken regularly
with an inhaled corticosteroid it helps the small air passages to
remain open.
Fluticasone propionate is a corticosteroid. Corticosteroids are
used to treat breathing problems because they have an antiinflammatory
action. They reduce the swelling and irritation
in the walls of the small air passages in the lungs and so ease
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