Yes
transfer of patients from systemic corticosteroid therapy to inhaled corticosteroids or advair diskus fluticasone propionate may unmask conditions previously suppressed by the systemic corticosteroid therapy e g rhinitis conjunctivitis eczema arthritis eosinophilic advair hfa is a prescription medicine for the treatment of asthma in patients 12 years and older advair should be used only if your healthcare provider decides that your asthma is not well controlled with a long term asthma control medicine such as an inhaled corticosteroid long term asthma control medicine such as an inhaled corticosteroid advair diskus 250 50 is a prescription medicine approved for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd including chronic bronchitis emphysema or both you should only take 1 inhalation of advair diskus twice a day both advair and symbicort use a laba with an inhaled steroid other labas such as serevent and foradil do not contain a steroid while advair made by glaxosmithkline is approved to treat copd symbicort has not been approved for such use but the maker of symbicort astrazeneca is seeking such approval do not use advair diskus for patients whose asthma is adequately controlled on low or medium dose inhaled corticosteroids see warnings and precautions 5 1 1 indications and usage 1 1 treatment of asthma advair diskus is indicated for the treatment of asthma in patients aged 4 years and older switching from an oral corticosteroid to an inhaled corticosteroid corticosteroids are used to help control asthma by treating inflammation in the airways corticosteroids can be inhaled taken orally or injected inhaled corticosteroids ics are breathed in through the mouth not swallowed advair contains fluticasone and salmeterol fluticasone is a steroid it prevents the release of substances that cause inflammation salmeterol is a bronchodilator it works by relaxing muscles in the airways to improve breathing advair is used to prevent asthma attacks advair is also used prevent flare ups or worsening of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd associated with chronic bronchitis and or emphysema
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is advair a corticosteroid