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Patient Info
Information for Patients
See illustrated PATIENT’S INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING. It is important that patients understand how to use SEREVENT Inhalation Aerosol appropriately and how it should be used in relation to other asthma or COPD medications they
are taking. Patients should be given the following information: Text Continues Below
1. Shake well before using. 2. The action of SEREVENT Inhalation Aerosol may last up to 12 hours or longer. The recommended dosage (2 inhalations twice daily, morning and evening) should not be exceeded. 3. SEREVENT Inhalation Aerosol is not meant to relieve acute asthma or COPD symptoms and extra doses should not be used for that purpose. Acute symptoms should be treated with an inhaled, short-acting beta2-agonist such as albuterol (the physician should provide the patient with such medication and instruct the patient in how it should be used). 4. Patients should not stop SEREVENT therapy for asthma or COPD without
physician/provider guidance since symptoms may recur after discontinuation. 5. The physician should be notified immediately if any of the following situations occur, which may be a sign of seriously worsening asthma. Decreasing effectiveness of inhaled, short-acting beta2-agonists
Need for more inhalations than usual of inhaled, short-acting beta2-agonists Use of 4 or more inhalations per day of a short-acting beta2-agonist for 2 or more days consecutively Use of more than one 200-inhalation canister of an inhaled, short-acting beta2-agonist
(e.g., albuterol) in an 8-week period 6. SEREVENT Inhalation Aerosol should not be used as a substitute for oral or inhaled corticosteroids. The dosage of these medications should not be changed and they should not be stopped without consulting the physician, even if the patient feels better after initiating treatment with SEREVENT Inhalation Aerosol. Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next >>
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