fluticasone

Fluticasone propionate (Flovent HFA, Flovent Diskus) is a synthetic glucocorticoid with high topical antiinflammatory potency and is available in MDI and DPI form.

A new dose counter is available on two formulations of fluticasone propionate: Flovent HFA 44-meg inhalation aerosol and Flovent Diskus 50-meg inhalation powder.

(dose counting device for fluticasone propionate, GlaxoSmithKline Inc.) A new dose counter is available on two formulations of fluticasone propionate: Flovent HFA 44-mcg inhalation aerosol and Flovent Diskus 50-mcg inhalation powder.

A combined form of Serevent Diskus (salmeterol inhalation powder), and Flovent Diskus (fluticasone inhalation powder).

Asthma controller medications approved for use in children younger than 5 years include the fluticasone dry-powder inhalers (Flovent, Rotadisk, and Flovent Diskus), which are approved for children as young as 4 years (Flovent Diskus is not yet commercially available), and nebulized budesonide inhalation suspension (Pulmicort Respules), which is approved for children as young as 12 months.

Following a Canadian recall of certain lots of the asthma drugs Ventolin Diskus, Flovent Diskus, and Serevent Diskus, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning for U.S.

* Flovent Diskus 50 [micro]g (DIN 02237244): lot numbers 122, 138, and 146 (expiring between December 2003 and July 2004).