A new inhaler for asthma called Symbicort

August 2007

A new inhaler for asthma called Symbicort is hitting the market.

Think of it as an alternative to Advair (fluticasone/salmeterol).

Symbicort contains budesonide, the inhaled steroid that's in Pulmicort...plus formoterol, the long-acting beta-agonist in Foradil.

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A new inhaler for asthma called Symbicort