{"id":11707,"date":"2023-12-06T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T08:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/?p=11707"},"modified":"2025-03-13T08:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:10:29","slug":"symbicort-turbuhaler-for-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/symbicort-turbuhaler-for-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"Symbicort Turbuhaler for Asthma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Symbicort combines a\ncorticosteroid medicine, budesonide, and a long-lasting beta 2 agonist medicine\n(LABA) formoterol. It is used long-term, twice daily, every day to control\nasthma symptoms and prevent symptoms such as wheezing in patients twelve years\nof age and older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Asthma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symbicort Turbuhaler is a\nprescription treatment for asthma in patients twelve and older with reversible\nobstructive airway disease. It can be used according to three different treatment\napproaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anti-reliever therapy:<\/strong> In patients who have mild persistent asthma, Symbicort is used as required to relieve asthma symptoms when they occur. Symbicort should not be considered in patients whose asthma symptoms can be controlled by occasional use of a rapid-onset, short-duration, inhaled beta two agonist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anti-inflammatory reliever plus<\/strong><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>\u00a0maintenance therapy:<\/strong>\u00a0In patients with moderate or severe asthma, Symbicort is taken daily as maintenance therapy and as required to relieve<\/span> asthma symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maintenance therapy:<\/strong> Individuals with moderate or severe asthma use it as a fixed-dose daily treatment along with a separate short-acting bronchodilator to relieve symptoms when they occur.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease\n(COPD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symbicort Turbuhaler can also be\nprescribed as the maintenance treatment for moderate to severe COPD, including\nemphysema and chronic bronchitis, in individuals with persistent symptoms and a\nhistory of worsening, where combination medicine is considered appropriate. The\nmedicine is not indicated for relieving acute bronchospasm in patients with\nCOPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use of Symbicort Turbuhaler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Always use Symbicort exactly as the doctor prescribes it. If you have been advised to use it daily, it is important to use an inhaler, even without the symptoms. Suppose you have been prescribed steroid tablets for your asthma symptoms or COPD. In that case, your healthcare professional may reduce the number of tablets you take once you begin using Symbicort turbuhalar\u00a0160mcg. If you have been using oral steroid tablets for longer, your healthcare professional may want to perform blood tests occasionally. When reducing the dose of oral steroids, the patient may feel generally unwell even though the asthma symptoms are improving. The patient might develop symptoms such as runny nose, joint weakness, rash, and muscle pain. If any symptoms become troublesome or symptoms such as nausea, tiredness, headache, or vomiting occur, seek immediate medical help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dosing and discontinuation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asthma management should normally involve a stepwise program, and patient response should be closely monitored under clinical guidance. It is recommended that Symbicort be used in the lowest effective dose. Patients should take Symbicort Turbuhaler maintenance dose as prescribed, even without symptoms. Such patients are always advised to have their rescue inhaler, Symbicort for asthma patients on anti-inflammatory reliever therapy, or a separate short-acting bronchodilator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients who are advised to use\nSymbicort as an anti-inflammatory reliever should use it in response to asthma\nsymptoms and to prevent allergen-or- or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction to\nachieve control over asthma symptoms. Consult your healthcare provider if the\ntreatment appears ineffective or exceeds the prescribed dose. After achieving\ngain over asthma symptoms, your healthcare care professional may consider\nreducing the dose. Complete withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroid should not be\nconsidered.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No dose adjustment is needed in patients 65 years of age and older. Safety and effectiveness in treating asthma in pediatric patients younger than twelve years have not been established, and safety and effectiveness in treating COPD in patients younger than eighteen years have not been established.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Usage instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A turbuhaler is a plastic device\ncontaining dry powdered medicine. It is breath-activated, meaning the\nturbuhaler automatically releases the medicine when you inhale. Appropriate\nusage may allow the turbuhaler to deliver medicine deep into your lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remove the cover and hold the Turbuhaler straight while turning the colored wheel one way and back the other way until you hear a clicking sound. It is now filled with a new dose.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breathe out normally.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the mouthpiece between your lips and tilt your head back slightly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breathe in forcefully.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hold your breath for as long as you can<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove the device from your mouth and breathe out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have been advised to take another dose, repeat the steps 2 to 4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since your medicine is a corticosteroid, rinse your mouth with water and then split it. This helps prevent yeast infection (thrush) in your mouth and hoarseness in your throat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean the mouthpiece two or three times weekly. Using a dry cloth, wipe away any particles that have collected on and around the mouthpiece. Avoid washing the mouthpiece.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interactions with this medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with most medicines, interactions with other drugs can happen. Therefore, it is important to inform your healthcare provider of all your medicines, including prescription or non-prescription medicines, including minerals, vitamins, natural supplements, or alternative medicines. Drugs that may interact with Symbicort\u00a0160\u00a0mcg are beta blockers to lower blood pressure, medicines for fungal infections, Ritonavir to treat HIV\/AIDs, diuretics to lower blood pressure, and antidepressants to treat depression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symbicort combines a corticosteroid medicine, budesonide, and a long-lasting beta 2 agonist medicine (LABA) formoterol. It is used long-term, twice daily, every day to control asthma symptoms and prevent symptoms such as wheezing in patients twelve years of age and older. Asthma Symbicort Turbuhaler is a prescription treatment for asthma in patients twelve and older [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","placeholder-for-hentry","category-asthma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11707"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13397,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11707\/revisions\/13397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumrxdrugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}