Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Safety and efficacy have not been established in children younger than 4 years of age. Safety and efficacy have not been established. Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of fluticasone and salmeterol combination in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have age-related liver, kidney, or heart problems, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving this medicine.
Also, elderly people with heart and blood vessel problems may require special caution when receiving fluticasone and salmeterol combination. There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding.
Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding. Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur.
In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below.
The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive. Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take. Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases.
If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines. Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Using this medicine with any of the following is usually not recommended, but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:. Inhaled fluticasone and salmeterol is used to prevent asthma attacks and to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD. It is not used to relieve an asthma attack that has already started. For relief of an asthma attack that has already started, you should use another medicine.
If you do not have another medicine to use for an attack or if you have any questions about this, check with your doctor. Inhaled fluticasone and salmeterol is used with a special inhaler that comes with a patient information leaflet or patient instructions.
Read the directions carefully before using this medicine. Use this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not use more of it and do not use it more often than your doctor ordered. Also, do not stop using this medicine without telling your doctor first. To do so may increase the chance of side effects. In order for this medicine to help prevent asthma attacks, it must be used every day in regularly spaced doses, as ordered by your doctor. Do not stop using this medicine or other asthma medicines that your doctor has prescribed for you unless you have discussed this with your doctor.
Therefore, before using the inhaler, prime it by spraying the medicine four times into the air away from the face, and shaking it well for 5 seconds before each spray. Avoid spraying it in your eyes. Rinsing your mouth with water after each dose may help prevent hoarseness, throat irritation, and infection in the mouth. However, do not swallow the water after rinsing. The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients.
Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. Your healthcare provider prescribed the strength that is best for you. Take your next dose at your usual time. Do not take 2 doses at 1 time. If you take too much ADVAIR DISKUS, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you have any unusual symptoms, such as worsening shortness of breath, chest pain, increased heart rate, or shakiness.
Do not use other medicines that contain a LABA for any reason. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if any of your other medicines are LABA medicines. Always have a rescue inhaler with you to treat sudden symptoms. If you do not have a rescue inhaler, call your healthcare provider to have one prescribed for you. This will help lessen the chance of getting a yeast infection thrush in your mouth and throat.
Call your healthcare provider or get medical care right away if: your breathing problems get worse. Your healthcare provider will tell you the numbers that are right for you. People with COPD have a higher chance of getting pneumonia.
Call your healthcare provider if you notice any of the following symptoms: increase in mucus sputum production change in mucus color fever chills increased cough increased breathing problems weakened immune system and increased chance of getting infections immunosuppression reduced adrenal function adrenal insufficiency.
Adrenal insufficiency is a condition where the adrenal glands do not make enough steroid hormones. If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and take your next dose at the regular time.
Do not take two doses of Advair Diskus at the same time. Take this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully. The recommended dose of Advair Diskus for the treatment of asthma in people 4 years of age and older is 1 inhalation twice a day, in the morning and evening, about 12 hours apart. The recommended dose of Advair Diskus for the treatment of COPD in adults is 1 inhalation twice a day, in the morning and evening, about 12 hours apart.
If you take too much Advair Diskus, call your healthcare provider or local Poison Control Center, or seek emergency medical attention right away. If Advair Diskus is administered by a healthcare provider in a medical setting, it is unlikely that an overdose will occur. However, if overdose is suspected, seek emergency medical attention. A US trial showed an increase in asthma-related deaths in patients receiving salmeterol 13 deaths out of 13, subjects treated for 28 weeks on salmeterol versus 3 out of 13, subjects on placebo.
Currently available data are inadequate to determine whether concurrent use of inhaled corticosteroids or other long-term asthma control drugs mitigates the increased risk of asthma-related death from LABA. Available data from controlled clinical trials suggest that LABA increase the risk of asthma-related hospitalization in pediatric and adolescent patients.
When treating patients with asthma, only prescribe ADVAIR DISKUS for patients not adequately controlled on a long-term asthma control medication, such as an inhaled corticosteroid, or whose disease severity clearly warrants initiation of treatment with both an inhaled corticosteroid and a LABA. Once asthma control is achieved and maintained, assess the patient at regular intervals and step down therapy e.
Advair Diskus. Be sure to rinse your mouth with water without swallowing after inhalation to help reduce the risk of thrush. Advair Diskus Overview Updated: April 11, How was your experience with Advair?
First, a little about yourself Male Female. What tips would you provide a friend before taking Advair? Choose one. Back Next. How well did Advair work for you? Did you experience many side effects while taking this drug?
How likely would you be to recommend Advair to a friend? Back Submit. Uses of Advair Diskus Back to Top. Manufacturer Back to Top. Glaxo SmithKline Pharmaceuticals. Generic Back to Top. Fluticasone and Salmeterol For more information on this medication choose from the list of selections below. Advair Diskus is part of the drug class: Inhaled adrenergic and other drugs for obstructive airway diseases. Common side effects of Advair Diskus include the following: upper respiratory tract infection throat irritation hoarseness and voice changes thrush in your mouth or throat bronchitis cough headache nausea vomiting viral respiratory infections muscle and bone pain This is not a complete list of Advair Diskus side effects.
Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. Advair Diskus Interactions Back to Top. Advair Diskus Precautions Back to Top. Serious side effects have been reported with Advair Diskus including the following: increased risk of death from asthma problems.
People with asthma who take long-acting beta2 adrenergic agonist LABA medicines, such as salmeterol one of the medicines in Advair Diskus , have an increased risk of death from asthma problems. People with COPD have a higher chance of getting pneumonia. Advair Diskus may increase the chance of getting pneumonia. Call your healthcare provider if you notice any of the following symptoms: increase in mucus production, change in mucus color, fever, chills, increased cough, and increased breathing problems.
Advair Diskus may increase the chance of getting infections. Adrenal insufficiency is a condition where the adrenal glands do not make enough steroid hormones. This can happen when you stop taking oral corticosteroid medicines such as prednisone and start taking a medicine containing an inhaled steroid such as Advair Diskus. When your body is under stress such as from fever, trauma such as a car accident , infection, surgery, or worse COPD symptoms, adrenal insufficiency can get worse and may cause death.
Symptoms of adrenal insufficiency include the following: feeling tired, lack of energy, weakness, nausea and vomiting, and low blood pressure. Advair Diskus can cause a fungal infection in your mouth or throat.
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