Relvar Ellipta is a medicine that contains the active substances fluticasone furoate and vilanterol. It is used for the regular treatment of asthma in adults and children aged 12 years and above whose disease is not adequately controlled despite treatment with other asthma medicines called corticosteroids and ‘short-acting beta-2 agonists’ taken by inhalation and for whom a combination product is considered appropriate.Relvar Ellipta is also used to relieve the symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults who have had exacerbations (flare–ups) of the disease in the past despite regular treatment. COPD is a long-term disease in which the airways and air sacs inside the lungs become damaged or blocked, leading to difficulty in breathing.
Dosage
Relvar Ellipta can only be obtained with a prescription. It is available as an inhalation powder in a portable inhaler device; each inhalation provides a fixed dose of the medicine.
The recommended dose is one inhalation a day.
Precautions
The most common side effects with Relvar Ellipta (which may affect more than 1 in 10 people) are headache and nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the nose and throat). More serious side effects include pneumonia and fractures (seen in up to 1 in 10 people), which were reported more often in patients with COPD than those with asthma.
