Symbicort Inhaler (budesonide, formoterol) is a maintenance inhaler used to minimize attacks in moderate to severe asthma, COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis. Some individuals buy Symbicort Inhalers for use as a rescue treatment as well, but this is typically only in mild cases.

Symbicort Inhalers contain two active ingredients:

• Budesonide is a corticosteroid that inhibits the immune system's response to allergens or irritants, reducing airway inflammation and making it easier to breathe.
• Formoterol is a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles around the airways, improving airflow through the lungs.

Combined these two ingredients are a potent treatment for breathing difficulties. Within two weeks of starting treatment, most users will notice fewer attacks and, when attacks do occur, they're often less severe.

Symbicort Inhalers can be used in patients age 6 and up, though dosage modifications and frequency of use may need to be modified. Parents are advised to not buy Symbicort Inhalers for use in patients under 12 years of age without explicit doctor approval.

Symbicort as a Maintenance Treatment

The majority of patients buy Symbicort Inhalers to maintain breathing ailments; it may be prescribed when rescue inhaler use exceeds twice per week. The medication reduces the frequency and severity of flare-ups. In this use, Symbicort must be used every day regardless of symptoms.

Symbicort inhalers are available in a range of dosage strengths; ideally a doctor will determine which is used. If in doubt, patients should buy Symbicort Inhalers in lower dosages, increasing only if needed. A doctor should always advise dosage for children below 12 years of age.

Treatment typically consists of:

• Administer 2 inhalations twice per day, morning and evening.
• Wait about 1 minute between inhalations.
• Do not exceed 2 inhalations at a time or 4 inhalations per day.

While some patients notice breathing improvements just 15 minutes after administering the first dose, more commonly patients will need to wait a couple of weeks before noticing improvements. Attacks should occur noticeably less often than before---perhaps not at all---and if they do occur, they should be less severe.

If using Symbicort Inhalers as described above, a rescue inhaler, such as albuterol, may still be needed and should be kept on-hand.

Symbicort as a Rescue Inhaler

Patients with mild breathing impairment may buy Symbicort Inhaler as a rescue treatment, or as a combination maintenance-rescue treatment. In these cases Symbicort use is rarely as often as described above; more commonly it's reduced significantly, such as:

• Administer 1 inhalation twice per day; or
• Administer 1 inhalation once per day; or
• Administer 2 inhalations once per day.

Those with mild breathing impairment rarely need to use the maximum dose of 2 inhalations twice per day, or 4 inhalations total. 4 inhalations per day should not be exceeded, though in practice it sometimes is; certainly if faced with using more Symbicort or suffocating, more Symbicort is the better choice. However, if routinely exceeding 4 inhalations per day, a rescue-only inhaler should be utilized instead.

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