Respiratory Inhalers

2013

At a Glance

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Proventil
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HFA

lasting relief of symptoms su

ch as coughing
, wheezing

Xopenex

HFA

Arcapta
Neohaler

levalbuterol
tartrate

indacaterol
inhalation powder

albuterol sulfate

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st 12 h ffer
ours

Foradil

Aerolizer

albuterol sulfate

ProAir
HFA

= DOSE COUNTER
= ASTHMA
= COPD

formoterol fumarate
inhalation powder

albuterol sulfate

Serevent

Diskus
salmeterol xinafoate
inhalation powder

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Alvesco HFA
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80 mcg
Inh

; they do not relieve sudden symptoms of coughing, wheezing or sh

f airway tissue
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swelling o
breath
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and p

Flovent HFA
reduce
Flovent Diskus

160 mcg

Asmanex

Twisthaler
110 mcg
220 mcg

50 mcg
100 mcg
250 mcg

44 mcg
110 mcg
220 mcg

fluticasone propionate
inhalation powder

fluticasone
propionate

Pulmicort

Flexhaler
90 mcg
180 mcg
budesonide
inhalation powder

ciclesonide

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both lon
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mometasone furoate
inhalation powder

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230/21
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fluticasone propionate

fluticasone propionate and

salmeterol inhalation powder

fluticasone furoate and

vilanterol

Combivent
Respimat

Spiriva
HandiHaler

ipratropium bromide
and albuterol

tiotropium bromide
inhalation powder

beclomethasone
dipropionate

Dulera
100/5
200/5

Symbicort
(HFA)
80/4.5
160/4.5

mometasone
furoate and
formoterol
fumarate

budesonide and
formoterol
fumarate
dihydrate

e and chest tightness associated with chronic lung diseases

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HFA
An
ipratropium bromide

Reviewed by Dennis Williams, PharmD

and salmeterol

Advair Diskus
100/50
250/50
500/50

Breo Ellipta
100/25 mcg

QVAR (HFA)
40 mcg
80 mcg

Tudorza
Pressair
aclidinium bromide
inhalation powder

2013 Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics