• Store at room temperature. Throw away any unused portion 3 months after removal from foil package.
• Protect from heat.
• Protect from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
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• 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.
• Talk with healthcare provider before receiving any vaccinations. Use with this medicine may either increase the risk of serious infection or make the vaccination less effective.
• 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 a fast heartbeat, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have glaucoma, 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 are being treated for any infection, 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.
• Avoid grapefruit and grapefruit juice.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
• Headache.
• Nausea or vomiting. Small frequent meals, frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.
• Mouth irritation. Frequent mouth care with a soft toothbrush or cotton swabs and rinsing mouth may help.
• Throat irritation.
• Sinus irritation.
• Nasal congestion.
• Weakened bones with long-term use.
• Cataracts or glaucoma with long-term use.
• 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.
• Signs or symptoms of infection. These include a fever of 100.5 degrees or higher, chills, severe sore throat, ear or sinus pain, cough, increased sputum or change in color, painful urination, mouth sores, wound that will not heal, or anal itching or pain.
• Feeling extremely tired, weak, or irritable; trembling; having a fast heartbeat, confusion, sweating, or dizziness if you missed a dose or recently stopped this medicine.
• 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.
• Very nervous and excitable.
• If exposure to chickenpox or measles has occurred and you have not had chickenpox or measles or been vaccinated against them.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
Beta2-Adrenergic Agonist; Beta2-Adrenergic Agonist, Long-Acting; Corticosteroid, Inhalant (Oral)
• When switching from an oral steroid to an inhaled one, there can be problems. Symptoms such as weakness, feeling tired, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, inability to think clearly, or low blood sugar may occur. Call healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms. If you have a serious accident and are injured, have surgery, or any type of infection, you may need extra doses of oral steroids. These extra steroids will help your body deal with these stresses. Carry a warning card saying that you may need extra steroids at certain times.
• In patients with asthma, long-acting inhalers may increase asthma-related deaths. Talk with healthcare provider.
• This medicine does not mix well with many medicines. Serious reactions may occur. Check all medicines with healthcare provider.
• Please read the medication guide.
• If you have an allergy to budesonide, formoterol, or any other part of this medicine.
• 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.
• If you are having a breathing attack.
• If you are allergic to milk, talk with healthcare provider.
• Budesonide prevents or reduces irritation, inflammation, and swelling.
• Formoterol works at sites in the airways to relax the muscles and improve oxygen delivery.
• 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.
• If you are using more than one type of inhaler, ask healthcare provider which inhaler to use first.
• Prepare inhaler before first use or whenever inhaler has not been used for more than 7 days. Spray 2 test sprays into the air.
• For inhaling (puffing) only.
• Shake well before use.
• Rinse out mouth after each use.
• Check inhaler use with healthcare provider at each visit. Read and follow all instructions provided with inhaler. Using the inhaler the right way is very important.
• This medicine is used to open the airways in lung diseases where spasm may cause breathing problems.
• This medicine is used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• This medicine is used to treat asthma. It may take 2 weeks to see the full effect.
