How to Get Started Using Your PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ and Information on Reading the Dose Indicator Window

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The active ingredient of
PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ is an inhaled corticosteroid called budesonide.^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 210-214]}

PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ is designed to help control asthma and prevent symptoms. It is not a "rescue" or "reliever" medication and shouldn't be used to treat an acute or sudden asthma attack already in progress. ^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 351-361]}

If an acute asthma attack happens, it should be treated with a fast-acting reliever medication as directed by your child’s health care professional if prescribed. If the asthma attack is not relieved or gets worse, contact a health care professional immediately.^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 453-465]}

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Quick facts about PULMICORT FLEXHALER™

• PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ can be prescribed for the maintenance treatment of asthma in adults and children 6 years of age and older^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 351-361]}

• The device for PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ is designed to be convenient to use, with a contoured mouthpiece and numeric dose counter ^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 608-610, 1091-1098]}

• PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ is designed to deliver asthma medicine directly to the lungs^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 100-115]}

• The medicine inside PULMICORT FLEXHALER™ is an inhaled corticosteroid called budesonide ^{[Ref 1: Prescribing Information, lines 4, 7, 14-15]}