Medication Sheet For Asthma And Copd - 2011
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2Medication Sheet for Asthma and COPD
Category
Trade Name
My Dose
What it Does
Side Effects
Use
•
•
Anti-inflammatories:
Flovent
•
hoarse voice
Rinse, gargle, spit, and brush your
decreases
•
Inhaled
teeth after each use.
Pulmicort
sore throat
inflammation
•
corticosteroids
oral thrush
•
Qvar
(swelling) of the
Use spacer as directed.
Alvesco
airway
•
Take regularly to control inflammation.
•
long-term
improvement
•
works slowly (days)
•
•
Anti-inflammatories:
Daxus
•
diarrhea
Used in patients who have frequent
helps to reduce
•
Oral
worsening episodes of COPD.
weight loss
inflammation in
•
nausea
•
patients with chronic
For severe COPD patients with chronic
•
headache
cough and sputum
bronchitis.
•
•
Long-acting
Used with inhaled steroids in asthma.
Serevent
•
headache
relaxes muscles in
•
bronchodilators
Oxeze
tremor (hands shake)
•
the airways
Oxeze
may be prescribed as needed.
•
•
fast heart rate
varied onset
•
•
muscle cramps
lasts 12 hours
•
•
Combinations:
•
Rinse, gargle, spit, and brush your
decreases
Advair
hoarse voice
Inhaled corticosteroid
teeth after each use.
•
inflammation
-
sore throat
(Flovent
,Serevent
)
and long-acting
•
(swelling) of the
•
Use spacer as directed.
oral thrush
Symbicort
bronchodilator
airway
•
•
headache
-
(Pulmicort , Oxeze
)
Take regularly to control inflammation
•
relaxes muscles in
•
tremor (hands shake)
Zenhale
and relax muscles in airway.
the airway
•
-(mometasone,
fast heart rate
•
lasts 12 hours
•
Oxeze)
muscle cramps
•
•
Short-acting
Salbutamol
relaxes muscles in
•
Use for sudden shortness of breath.
tremor (hands shake)
bronchodilators
the airways
(Airomir
, Novo-
•
•
fast heart rate
Use before activity to prevent attacks.
•
Salmol), Berotec
,
works within minutes
•
nervousness,
•
Use 2 puffs only as needed.
Bricanyl
, Ventolin
headache,
•
May have to use regularly during flare-
•
weakness, dizziness
ups.
•
sweating
This material is designed for information purposes only. It should not be used in place of medical advice, instruction and/or treatment.
If you have specific questions, please consult your doctor or appropriate healthcare professional.
W003 CCAP Medication List
October 2011
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