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Budesonide and formoterol is a combination medicine used to control and prevent the symptoms of asthma in adults and children at least 6 years old. Budesonide and formoterol is also used to help control the symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Inhaled budesonide belongs to the family of medicines known as corticosteroids (cortisone-like medicines). It works by preventing inflammation (swelling) in the lungs that causes an asthma attack. Formoterol belongs to the family of medicines known as long-acting bronchodilators.
Find patient medical information for budesonide-formoterol inhalation on WebMD including its uses, side effects and safety, interactions, pictures, warnings and user ratings.
Keep it dry. If you are using more than 1 inhaled drug, ask the doctor which drug to use first. If you get budesonide and formoterol in your eyes, wash right away with water. If you have eye irritation that lasts or a change in eyesight, call your doctor.
Symbicort (budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate) is a combination of a steroid and a long-acting bronchodilator used to prevent bronchospasm in people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
What is Symbicort? Symbicort inhaler contains a combination of budesonide and formoterol and is used for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Budesonide is a corticosteroid that reduces inflammation in the body. Formoterol is a long-acting bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways to improve breathing.
The combination of budesonide and formoterol comes as an aerosol to inhale by mouth using an inhaler. It is usually taken as 2 puffs twice a day, in the morning and the evening, about 12 hours apart. Inhale budesonide and formoterol at about the same times every day.
Includes Budesonide and Formoterol indications, dosage/administration, pharmacology, mechanism/onset/duration of action, half-life, dosage forms, interactions, warnings, adverse reactions, off-label uses and more.
Budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort) is used treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Learn about side effects, warnings, dosage, and more.
Symbicort (budesonide / formoterol) is a combination inhaler containing a steroid (budesonide) and a long-acting beta-agonist (formoterol). Both medications work together to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).