Use Bevespi Aerosphere exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider. Using the inhaler correctly helps make sure the medicine reaches deep into your lungs, where it can work properly.
Bevespi Aerosphere is a maintenance inhaler, which means it should be used regularly every day. It is not intended to provide quick relief during a sudden breathing attack.
Before Using the Inhaler
Before each dose, check that the mouthpiece is clean and free of dust or other material.
Shake the inhaler well before each puff. This helps mix the medication properly inside the canister.
Sit or stand upright when using the inhaler. This can make it easier to take a full, deep breath.
Breathe Out Before Each Puff
Before placing the inhaler in your mouth, breathe out as fully as you comfortably can.
Do not breathe out into the mouthpiece. Moisture from your breath may affect the inhaler.
How to Inhale the Medication
Place the mouthpiece in your mouth and close your lips firmly around it.
Begin breathing in slowly and deeply through your mouth. At the same time, press down firmly on the canister to release one puff of medication.
Continue breathing in slowly and deeply until your lungs feel comfortably full.
Good coordination between pressing the canister and breathing in is important. If you have difficulty using the inhaler correctly, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist to review your technique.
Hold Your Breath
After breathing in the medication, remove the inhaler from your mouth.
Hold your breath for several seconds, or for as long as is comfortable. This gives the medication more time to settle in the airways.
Then breathe out slowly and gently.
Taking a Second Puff
If your prescribed dose requires a second puff, wait a short time before repeating the steps.
Shake the inhaler again before the second puff. Then breathe out fully, place the mouthpiece in your mouth, and inhale the medication slowly and deeply while pressing the canister.
Follow the exact number of puffs prescribed by your healthcare provider.
Use Bevespi Aerosphere Every Day
Bevespi Aerosphere works best when it is used regularly and consistently.
Continue using it even when you are feeling well or are not experiencing COPD symptoms. Regular use helps keep the muscles around the airways relaxed and helps maintain better airflow.
Do not stop using Bevespi Aerosphere without speaking with your healthcare provider, even if your breathing improves.
Bevespi Aerosphere Is Not a Rescue Inhaler
Bevespi Aerosphere should not be used to treat sudden episodes of shortness of breath, wheezing, or chest tightness.
It does not replace a quick-relief or rescue inhaler.
Keep your prescribed rescue inhaler available in case you develop sudden breathing symptoms.
If Sudden Breathing Problems Occur
If you suddenly have difficulty breathing, use your rescue inhaler exactly as prescribed.
Seek medical attention if your breathing does not improve after using your rescue medication, if your symptoms become severe, or if you need your rescue inhaler more often than usual.
An increased need for rescue medication may be a sign that your COPD is not well controlled.
Priming Bevespi Aerosphere
Priming prepares the inhaler so that it delivers the correct amount of medication.
Priming Before First Use
A new Bevespi Aerosphere inhaler must be primed before you use it for the first time.
To prime the inhaler:
- Remove the cap from the mouthpiece.
- Shake the inhaler well.
- Point the inhaler away from your face.
- Press the canister to release one spray into the air.
- Shake the inhaler again.
- Repeat until a total of four sprays have been released.
Shake the inhaler before each priming spray.
After the fourth spray, the inhaler is ready for your regular dose.
Re-Priming After a Period of Nonuse
If Bevespi Aerosphere has not been used for more than 7 days, it must be re-primed before you use it again.
Shake the inhaler well and release two sprays into the air, away from your face.
Shake the inhaler before each spray. After releasing two sprays, the inhaler is ready for your regular dose.
Why Priming Is Important
Priming helps fill the inhaler mechanism with medication so that each puff contains the appropriate amount.
If the inhaler is not properly primed, the first few sprays may not contain the expected amount of medication.
Cleaning and Caring for the Inhaler
Keep the mouthpiece clean and dry. Follow the cleaning instructions supplied with your inhaler.
Do not place the metal canister in water.
Replace the mouthpiece cap after each use to help protect the inhaler from dust and debris.
Keep Track of Your Doses
Pay attention to the dose counter on the inhaler so you know how much medication remains.
Do not continue using the inhaler after the dose counter reaches zero, even if the canister still feels as though it contains medication.
Have a replacement inhaler available before your current inhaler runs out.
Important Reminders
Do not take extra puffs or use Bevespi Aerosphere more often than prescribed. Taking more medication will not provide faster relief and may increase the risk of side effects.
Do not use another medicine containing a long-acting beta2-agonist or long-acting anticholinergic unless your healthcare provider specifically tells you to.
Contact your healthcare provider if your breathing becomes worse, your medication seems less effective, or you begin needing your rescue inhaler more often than usual.
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