Drug details

Symbicort Aerosphere (budesonide and formoterol fumarate inhalation aerosol)

type of Respiratory Inhalant Combos

Symbicort Aerosphere (budesonide and formoterol fumarate) is a combination of a corticosteroid and a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA) indicated for the maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The drug is often used to treat Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • upper respiratory tract infection,
  • back pain,
  • headache,
  • oral thrush,
  • bronchitis,
  • COPD,
  • involuntary spasms in the muscles of the voice box or larynx that cause difficulty speaking, and
  • muscle spasm.
The following drugs are related to Symbicort Aerosphere, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Tudorza Pressair (aclidinium bromide)
  • Arcapta Neohaler (indacaterol inhalation powder)
  • Brovana (arformoterol tartrate inhalation solution)
  • Pulmicort Turbuhaler (budesonide)
  • Pulmicort Flexhaler (budesonide inhalation powder)
  • Pulmicort Respules (budesonide inhalation suspension)
  • Combivent Respimat (ipratropium bromide and albuterol)
  • Foradil Aerolizer (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder)
  • Foradil Certihaler (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder)
  • Perforomist (formoterol fumarate inhalation solution)
  • Seebri Neohaler (glycopyrrolate inhalation powder, for oral inhalation use)
  • Lonhala Magnair (glycopyrrolate inhalation solution)
  • Incruse Ellipta (umeclidinium inhalation powder)
  • Xopenex (levalbuterol)
  • Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol tartrate inhalation aerosol)
  • Striverdi Respimat (olodaterol inhalation spray)
  • Yupelri (revefenacin inhalation solution)
  • Serevent Diskus (salmeterol xinafoate)
  • Spiriva (tiotropium bromide)
  • Spiriva Respimat (tiotropium bromide inhalation spray)