What special precautions should I follow?
Before taking Salmeterol inhalation:
Tell your doctor if you have a food or drug allergy, heart disease or high blood pressure, epilepsy or other seizure disorder, diabetes, a thyroid disorder, or liver disease. If you have any of these conditions, you may not be able to use salmeterol inhalation, or you may need a dosage adjustment or special tests during treatment.
Salmeterol is a drug that has been shown to increase the risk of asthma-related death. It is critical that you use only the prescribed dose of this medicine and follow all patient instructions for safe use of the medication. Talk with your doctor about your individual risks and benefits in using salmeterol inhalation.
This medication has been categorized in the FDA pregnancy category C, which means that this medication may be harmful to an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
Additionally, it is not known whether this medication passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Do not use salmeterol inhalation without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Do not give this medication to a child younger than 4 years old.
Do not use a second form of salmeterol (such as Serevent®) or use a similar inhaled bronchodilator such as formoterol (Foradil®) unless your doctor has told you to.
Do not exhale or blow into the Diskus device. Do not take the device apart or allow it to get wet.
Why is this medication prescribed?
Dosage and using this medicine
What should I do if I forget a dose?
What side effects can this medication cause?