HOW TO USE YOUR INHALER
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How to use your ANORO ELLIPTA inhaler
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This presentation will show how to take a dose of your prescribed medicine. For full information on how to use your inhaler, and other important facts about your medicine, please see the complete Prescribing Information for your prescribed product.
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Throw away the desiccant, out of reach of children and pets.
Wait to open the cover until you are ready to take your dose.
[arrow points to “Cover” of inhaler]
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To avoid wasting doses, do not open and close the cover without inhaling the medicine.
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If you open and close the cover without inhaling the medicine, you will lose the dose.
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Lost doses are held in the inhaler, and it is not possible to accidentally take a double dose, or an extra dose, in 1 inhalation.
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Lost doses are held in the inhaler but will no longer be available to be inhaled.
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It is not possible to accidentally take a double dose or an extra dose in 1 inhalation.
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Slide down until you hear a click.
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Slide the cover down until you hear a “click.”
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If the counter does not count down as you hear the click, the inhaler will not deliver the medicine. Call your healthcare provider or pharmacist if this happens.
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If the counter does not count down as you hear the click, the inhaler will not deliver the medicine.
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Your inhaler is now ready to use.
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You do not need to shake this kind of inhaler.
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While holding your inhaler away from your mouth, breathe out fully.
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Breathe out.
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Do not breathe out into the mouthpiece.
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Do not breathe out into the mouthpiece.
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Do not block the air vent with your fingers.
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Do not block the air vent with your fingers.
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Take a long, steady, deep breath in through your mouth.
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Close your lips firmly around the mouthpiece. Take a long, steady, deep breath.
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Do not breathe in through your nose.
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Do not breathe in through your nose.
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Remove the inhaler from your mouth and hold your breath for about 3 or 4 seconds or as long as is comfortable for you.
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Hold your breath for about 3 or 4 seconds.
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Breathe out slowly and gently.
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Breathe out.
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You may not taste or feel the medicine even when you are using the inhaler correctly. Do not take another dose from the inhaler.
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Do not take another dose from the inhaler, even if you do not feel or taste the medicine.
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If you need to clean the mouthpiece, use a dry tissue before closing the cover.
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Routine cleaning is not required.
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To close, slide the cover up and over the mouthpiece as far as it will go.
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Slide the cover up and over the mouthpiece as far as it will go.
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For full information on how to use your inhaler, see the complete Prescribing Information for your prescribed product. If you still have questions about how to use your inhaler, call GlaxoSmithKline at 1-888-825-5249.
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For full instructions on how to use ANORO ELLIPTA and other important information, please see the complete Prescribing Information, including Patient Information and Instructions for Use, for ANORO ELLIPTA.
If you still have questions about how to use your inhaler, call GSK at 1-888-825-5249.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA.
Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
ANORO ELLIPTA was developed in collaboration with INNOVIVA
Trademarks are owned by or licensed to the GSK group of companies.
©2019 GSK or licensor.
UCVVID190023 September 2019
Produced in USA.
"I make it part of my daily routine, so first thing in the morning when I get up, that is when I take my ANORO inhaler." –BARRY, Chicago, Illinois
Barry is a real patient taking ANORO at the time of his interview and was paid for his time by GSK.
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Step-by-step instructions for how to use your ANORO ELLIPTA inhaler
Make sure to ask your doctor or pharmacist about how to use your ANORO ELLIPTA inhaler. Wait to open the cover until you are ready to take a dose. Before the inhaler is used for the first time, the counter should show the number 30 (7 if you have a sample from your doctor or the hospital). This is the number of doses in the inhaler.
If you open and close the cover without inhaling the medicine, you will lose the dose. The lost dose will be held inside the inhaler, but it will no longer be available to be inhaled. It is not possible to accidentally take a double dose or an extra dose in 1 inhalation.
Step 1
Open the cover of the inhaler.
- Slide the cover down to expose the mouthpiece. You should hear a “click.” The counter will count down by 1 number. You do not need to shake this kind of inhaler.
Your inhaler is now ready to use.
- If the counter does not count down as you hear the click, the inhaler will not deliver the medicine. Call your healthcare provider or pharmacist if this happens.
Step 2
Breathe out.
- While holding the inhaler away from your mouth, breathe out (exhale) fully. Do not breathe out into the mouthpiece.
Step 3
Inhale your medicine.
- Put the mouthpiece between your lips and close your lips firmly around it. Your lips should fit over the curved shape of the mouthpiece.
- Take 1 long, steady, deep breath in through your mouth. Do not breathe in through your nose.
- Do not block the air vent with your fingers.
- Remove the inhaler from your mouth and hold your breath for about 3 to 4 seconds (or as long as comfortable for you).
Step 4
Breathe out slowly and gently.
- You may not taste or feel the medicine, even when you are using the inhaler correctly.
- Do not take another dose from the inhaler even if you do not feel or taste the medicine.
Step 5
Close the inhaler.
- You can clean the mouthpiece if needed, using a dry tissue, before you close the cover. Routine cleaning is not required.
- Slide the cover up and over the mouthpiece as far as it will go.
Important Note:
When should you get a refill?
- When you have fewer than 10 doses remaining in your inhaler, the left half of the counter shows red as a reminder to get a refill.
- After you have inhaled the last dose, the counter will show “0” and will be empty.
- Throw the empty inhaler away in your household trash, out of reach of children and pets.
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