What is Symbicort used to treat?
Asthma & COPD Treatment | SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate) Inhalation Aerosol.
Is Symbicort a daily inhaler?
Symbicort works by reducing inflammation and opening the airway and lungs, making it easier to breathe. It comes in a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) and is typically taken twice daily, but may also be used as needed.
What happens if you take Symbicort more than twice a day?
More frequent administration or a higher number of inhalations (more than 2 inhalations twice daily) of the prescribed strength of SYMBICORT is not recommended as some patients are more likely to experience adverse effects with higher doses of formoterol.
Can you drink water after Symbicort?
If you miss a dose of SYMBICORT, you should take your next dose at the same time you normally do. Do not take SYMBICORT more often or use more puffs than you have been prescribed. Rinse your mouth with water and spit the water out after each dose (2 puffs) of SYMBICORT. Do not swallow the water.
Why did my doctor prescribe Symbicort?
SYMBICORT is a maintenance treatment used to help significantly improve lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) To help improve your lung function, your doctor may want you to take a maintenance medicine—a medicine taken every day to help ease constriction and control inflammation in your airways.
Does Symbicort help with shortness of breath?
Bottom Line. Symbicort is a long-term maintenance (controller) medication used to treat asthma or COPD. Symbicort contains two medications that work together to reduce inflammation and open the airways in your lungs. This can help to tame your symptoms like wheezing and shortness of breath over the long-term.
Does Symbicort cause sleeplessness?
Inhaled budesonide might also improve sleep by reducing night-time asthma symptoms. Taking too much Symbicort, however, may cause insomnia or problems with sleep.
How often can I use my Symbicort inhaler?
SYMBICORT should be taken as 2 puffs 2 times each day While taking SYMBICORT, do not use another medicine containing a LABA for any reason. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if any of your other medicines are LABA medicines
How to use Symbicort?
How to use Symbicort HFA Aerosol With Adapter. Shake the inhaler well for 5 seconds before each use. Inhale this medication by mouth as directed by your doctor, usually twice daily (in the morning and evening, 12 hours apart). If your prescribed dose is 2 puffs, wait at least one minute between them.
How is Symbicort dosed?
For patients 12 years of age and older, the dosage is 2 inhalations of SYMBICORT 80/4.5 or SYMBICORT 160/4.5 twice daily. The recommended starting dosages for SYMBICORT for patients 12 years of age and older are based upon patients’ asthma severity or level of control of asthma symptoms, and risk of exacerbations on current inhaled corticosteroids.