Pulmicort

Pulmicort Turbohaler is a steroid inhaler, containing a medicine called budesonide. This belongs to a group of medicines called ‘corticosteroids’. It works by reducing and preventing swelling and inflammation in your lungs. This medicine is used to treat asthma.
– Use Pulmicort Turbohaler every day, as your prescriber has told you to. This helps to prevent asthma symptoms from happening.
– Use your ‘reliever inhaler’ when you get asthma symptoms, to make it easier to breathe again.

How to use your turbohaler:
1. Unscrew the white cover and lift it off.
2. Hold your Turbohaler upright with the brown base at the bottom.
3. Do not hold the mouthpiece when you load your Turbohaler. To load your Turbohaler with a dose, turn the brown base as far as it will go in one direction. Then turn it as far as it will go in the other direction. It does not matter which way you turn it first. You should hear a click sound. Your Turbohaler is now loaded and ready to use. Only load your Turbohaler when you need to use it.
4. Hold your Turbohaler away from your mouth. Breathe out gently (as far as is comfortable). Do not breathe out through your Turbohaler.
5. Place the mouthpiece gently between your teeth. Close your lips. Breathe in as deeply and as hard as you can through your mouth. Do not chew or bite on the mouthpiece.
6. Remove your Turbohaler from your mouth. Then breathe out gently. The amount of medicine that is inhaled is very small. This means you may not be able to taste it after inhalation. If you have followed the instructions, you can still be confident that you have inhaled the dose and the medicine is now in your lungs.
7. If you are to take a second inhalation, repeat steps 2 to 6.
8. Replace the cover by screwing it back on tightly after use.
9. Rinse your mouth out with water after inhaling your prescribed dose.

Do not try to remove or twist the mouthpiece. It is fixed to your Turbohaler and must not betaken off. Do not use your Turbohaler if it has been damaged or if the mouthpiece has come apart from your Turbohaler.