Fluticasone and vilanterol

Generic name: fluticasone and vilanterol [ floo-TIK-a-sone-and-vye-LAN-ter-ol ]
Brand name: Breo Ellipta
Dosage form: inhalation powder (100 mcg-25 mcg/inh; 200 mcg-25 mcg/inh)
Drug class:Bronchodilator combinations

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com on Dec 20, 2021. Written by Cerner Multum.

What is fluticasone and vilanterol?

Fluticasone and vilanterol is a steroid and bronchodilator combination medicine used in adults with asthma or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), to improve symptoms and prevent bronchospasm or asthma attacks.

In people with COPD, fluticasone and vilanterol is for long-term treatment. In people with asthma, fluticasone and vilanterol is for short-term treatment until symptoms are well-controlled with with other medicines.

Vilanterol when used alone may increase the risk of death in people with asthma. However, this risk is not increased when fluticasone and vilanterol are used together as a combination product.

Fluticasone and vilanterol may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Warnings

You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to fluticasone, vilanterol, or milk proteins.

Fluticasone and vilanterol is not a rescue medicine. It will not work fast enough to treat an asthma or bronchospasm attack.

Before taking this medicine

You should not use fluticasone and vilanterol if you are allergic to fluticasone, vilanterol, or milk proteins.

Fluticasone can weaken your immune system, making it easier for you to get an infection or worsening an infection you already have or have recently had. Tell your doctor about any illness or infection you have had within the past several weeks.

Tell your doctor if you have ever had:

• glaucoma or cataracts;

• a weak immune system;

• heart disease, high blood pressure;

• liver disease;

• a thyroid disorder;

• a seizure;

• diabetes;

• any type of infection (bacterial, fungal, viral, or parasitic); or

• osteoporosis.

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