Generic Advair Discus

What is Generic Advair Discus?

Advair Discus is a medicine for the treatment of airway spasms in people with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). It is also used to prevent them in people with bronchial asthma.

Advair opens up the airways, so more air can get into and through the lungs. This medicine can make it more easy to breathe for people with airway spasms.

Generic Advair Discus is a specially organised plastic device. It contains two different mtdicaments - fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate, which are used in a case of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

What does Advair Discus do?

Salmeterol belongs to beta-agonists, which are usually used by airway deseases. The interaction with receptors makes the muscles relaxing and the airways opening up.

Fluticasone is an inhaled corticosteroid, which goes directly into the lungs and has anti-inflammatory, antipruritic and vasoconstrictive properties.

Application of Generic Advair Discus

Side effects of advair diskus

Common side effects:

• Upper respiratory tract infections
• Headaches
• Sore throat
• Bronchitis
• pharyngitis
• Coughing
• Nausea and vomiting
• oral candidiasis
• increased blood pressure
• heart rate
• excitement

BUT, not everyone will have such side effects. In fact, most people stand it well. If side effects apear, they are minor and need no treatment.

Interactions with other medicines

Advair may interact with such medicines, as beta blockers, antibiotics, diuretics. These interactions can change the measures of some medicines in blood and lead to side effects: low blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm. So talk with your doctor or pharmacist about drugs you use.

Warnings

Do not use Advair Diskus if:

• you are allergic to any ingredient in Advair Diskus;
• you have sudden symptoms of shortness of breath (eg, sudden severe onset or worsening of wheezing, cough, chest tightness)

If you become pregnant, you must discuss the benefits and risks of using Advair Diskus.

Do not breast-feed while taking Advair Diskus.

What is the shelf life of the pills?

• The expiry date is mentioned on each blister. It is different for different batches. The shelf life is 2 years from the date of manufacture and would differ from batch to batch depending on when they were manufactured.