salmeterol

Information, Symptoms, Treatments and Resources

What is salmeterol?

Generic Name: salmeterol
Other Brand Names: Serevent Diskus
Salmeterol is a bronchodilator. It works by relaxing muscles in the airways to improve breathing.
Salmeterol inhalation is used to prevent asthma attacks. It will not treat an asthma attack that has already begun. Salmeterol inhalation is also used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) including emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Salmeterol inhalation may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Posts on salmeterol (189)

I had been put on Advair and it really helped. Then I read that it causes osteoprosis (I'm ...
Can you get dizziness and nausea from a side affect of advair...i have taken for sometime u...
I have just read Walter3964's question about chest pressure. I"ve also had the very same p...
I've been lead to believe that once you are on it, you should never get off it unless there...
an O2 level of 82 while receiving O2 via nasal tube 24 hours a day. Does have COPD and CHF...
At present I am using a nebulizer with Xopenex 0.63 and Pulmicort 0.25 twice daily. Will be...
I have been using an Advair diskus since suffering what the doctors diagnosed as an asthma ...
My husband has been on the Advair 100/50 Diskus twice per day for about four months. He is ...