Drug details

Foradil Aerolizer (formoterol fumarate inhalation powder)

type of Beta2 Agonists

Foradil Aerolizer (formoterol fumarate) Inhalation Powder is a long-acting bronchodilator used to prevent bronchospasm in people with reversible obstructive airways disease, including symptoms of nighttime asthma. Foradil Aerolizer is also used in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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

This drug may have the following side effects:

• hives,
• difficulty breathing,
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat,
• chest pain,
• fluttering in your chest,
• constipation,
• dry mouth,
• wheezing,
• nervousness,
• increased thirst,
• increased urination,
• fruity breath odor,
• irregular heartbeats,
• fast or pounding heartbeats,
• tremors,
• leg cramps,
• numbness or tingling,
• choking,
• muscle weakness, and
• limp feeling
• other breathing problems after using this medicine,
• worsening breathing problems,

The following drugs are related to Foradil Aerolizer, either as a replacement or used together:

• Advair Diskus (fluticasone propionate)
• Advair HFA (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol)
• VoSpire ER (albuterol sulfate extended-release tablets)
• Ventolin HFA (albuterol sulfate inhalation aerosol)
• Ventolin Solution (albuterol sulfate inhalation solution)
• Ventolin Syrup (albuterol sulfate syrup)
• Alvesco (ciclesonide inhalation aerosol)
• Qvar (beclomethasone dipropionate hfa)
• Pulmicort Turbuhaler (budesonide)
• Symbicort Aerosphere (budesonide and formoterol fumarate inhalation aerosol)
• Pulmicort Flexhaler (budesonide inhalation powder)
• Pulmicort Respules (budesonide inhalation suspension)
• Flovent (fluticasone propionate)
• Flovent Diskus (fluticasone propionate)
• Flovent HFA (fluticasone propionate hfa)
• Xopenex (levalbuterol)
• Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol tartrate inhalation aerosol)
• Nucala (mepolizumab for injection)

The following supplements are related to Foradil Aerolizer, and may be used together with the drug:

• Magnesium (s.)
• Fish Oil (s.)
• Caffeine (s.)
• Phleum Pratense (s.)
• Thymus Extract (s.)
• Choline (s.)