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Advair® (known in the United Kingdom as Seretide®) is a medicine prescribed for individuals suffering from asthma and COPD. Image File history File links Fluticasone_Propionate. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1099x912, 174 KB) Summary This image is an original photograph of the Diskus device, taken by myself, Erik Bruchez, on May 7, 2006. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1099x912, 174 KB) Summary This image is an original photograph of the Diskus device, taken by myself, Erik Bruchez, on May 7, 2006. ...
Oral medication A medication is a licenced drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for a group of respiratory tract diseases that are characterised by airflow obstruction or limitation. ...
Rather than being a single drug, Advair is actually a combination of two drugs. The first drug is fluticasone propionate (Flovent) and the second drug is salmeterol (Serevent); with this combination of drugs the medicine Advair is formed. Fluticasone proprionate is a glucocorticoid often prescribed as treatment for asthma and allergic rhinitis. ...
Salmeterol is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist drug that is currently prescribed for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD. It is currently available in both dry-powder inhalers (DPIs) and pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs). ...
Formulations
Advair is available in 3 dosage strengths. The smallest dosage is 100/50, the intermediate dosage is 250/50 and the highest dosage is 500/50. The first number in the dosage description is how many micrograms of fluticasone propionate and the second number how many micrograms of salmeterol is in that formulation of Advair.
Internationally the fluticasone/salmeterol combination is delivered by a number of devices, including standard aerosol metered dose inhalers (brand name "Evohaler®" in the UK) or dry-powder devices termed "Accuhaler" in UK and "Diskus" in US. These purple disk-shaped containers are about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) across and about 1 inch thick (2.5 cm). The diskus container holds small pellets of the drug combination, which are crushed on a dose-per-dose basis into a fine powder utilizing an internal mechanism activated by pressing a small lever on the side of the container. The powder is then inhaled directly into the lungs through a mouthpiece. After taking the diskus out of its foil wrapping it is only good for 60 days. Advair is inhaled two times a day, and there are 60 metered doses in the container to give a 30-day supply. A metered dose inhaler (MDI) is a device that helps deliver a specific amount of medication to the lungs. ...
The heart and lungs (from an older edition of Grays Anatomy) The lung is an organ belonging to the respiratory system and interfacing to the circulatory system of air-breathing vertebrates. ...
Advair is manufactured and distributed by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK NYSE: GSK) is a British based pharmaceutical, biologicals, and healthcare company. ...
In November of 2005, the American FDA released a health advisory[1], alerting the public to findings that show the use of Long-acting β2-agonists could lead to a worsening of symptoms, and in some cases death.
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