• In patients with asthma, long-acting inhalers may increase asthma-related deaths. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Please read the medication guide.
• If you have an allergy to arformoterol or any other part of this medicine.
• If you are having a breathing attack.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• Arformoterol works at sites in the airways to relax the muscles and improve oxygen delivery.
• To gain the most benefit, do not miss doses.
• Use prescription as directed, even if feeling better.
• Follow directions given by healthcare provider. Do not use more than the maximum recommended daily dose.
• For inhaling as a liquid (solution) through a special machine (nebulizer) into the lungs.
• Do not use this medicine more than two times in a day. Separate doses by about 12 hours.
• Use a missed dose as soon as possible.
• If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
• Do not use a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• Use of a short-acting bronchodilator.
• Monitor asthma with peak flow meter.
• Follow up with healthcare provider.
• May store unopened containers at room temperature or in a refrigerator. Do not freeze. If stored at room temperature, throw away any unused containers after 6 weeks.
• Use right after opening.
• Protect from light.
• Protect from heat.
• Do not use if solution changes color.
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• This medicine is used to open the airways in lung diseases where spasm may cause breathing problems.
• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Most medicines can be thrown away in household trash after mixing with coffee grounds or kitty litter and sealing in a plastic bag.
• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
• Wear disease medical alert identification.
• Do not use this medicine to treat an asthma attack.
• If you have diabetes, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have heart disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have high blood pressure, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have liver disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have an overactive thyroid, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have seizures, talk with healthcare provider.
• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• Limit caffeine (for example, tea, coffee, cola) and chocolate intake. Use with this medicine may cause nervousness, shakiness, and fast heartbeat.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
• Back pain.
• Nervous and excitable.
• Headache.
• Diarrhea.
• Mouth irritation. Frequent mouth care with a soft toothbrush or cotton swabs and rinsing mouth may help.
• Muscle pain.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Unable to get breathing attack under control. Get emergency medical care right away. • Peak flow measurement low.
• Increased use of short-acting inhaler.
• Chest pain or pressure or fast heartbeat.
• Difficulty breathing.
• Very nervous and excitable.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
