Consumer Spiriva
For Patients

When you have COPD, sometimes the journey can be difficult.

The soft mist helps ease the effort* to inhale your medication, and gets the medicine where it needs to go. Steroid-free SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg comes in a monthly cartridge, with no powder and no capsules.

And it helps control COPD symptoms so that you may breathe better for a full 24 hours.

A complete COPD treatment plan includes both:

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WHAT

RESCUE MEDICATION

MAINTENANCE MEDICATION

WHEN

At diagnosis

At diagnosis

HOW

As needed

As prescribed or Typically Once Daily

WHY

Controls COPD symptoms in the moment

Can help control COPD symptoms and can help to improve lung function for the long term

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT is a once-daily maintenance medication. It can’t replace your rescue inhaler, but it helps control COPD symptoms so that you can breathe better and rely less on your rescue inhaler.

Soft mist

The SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg inhaler delivers a soft mist that helps ease the effort* to inhale your medicine

Capsule free

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg is powder-free and capsule-free

Steroid free

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg is steroid-free

Reduce the risk of flare-ups

Tiotropium, an active ingredient in SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg, has been shown to help significantly reduce the risk of flare-ups

If you’re having symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, or tightness in the chest, ask your doctor if SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg can help you breathe better. When taken every day, SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg can help open airways for up to 24 hours.

  • *
    As with all inhaled medicines, the actual amount of medicine that is delivered to the lung may vary depending on correct use of the inhaler and the patient's ability to breathe in through the inhaler for at least 1.5 seconds.

Don’t wait to ask about SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg

Starting early can make a difference:

  • Symptom control for 24 hours

  • Improves lung function by opening airways

  • Reduces risk of flare-ups

While taking SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg daily could help improve your COPD symptoms, stopping smoking is still one of the more important things you can do for your COPD. Even if you’re working on quitting, you can still start SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg right away.

Talk to your doctor about starting SPIRIVA RESPIMAT 2.5 mcg as soon as you have been diagnosed with COPD.

  • *
    COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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INDICATIONS

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT, 2.5 mcg, is a long-term, once-daily, prescription medicine used to control symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by relaxing your airways and keeping them open. COPD includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. SPIRIVA RESPIMAT also reduces the likelihood of COPD flare-ups (COPD exacerbations).

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT, 1.25 mcg, is a long-term, once-daily, prescription maintenance treatment of asthma for people 6 years and older.

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT is not a treatment for sudden symptoms of asthma or COPD.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

Do not use SPIRIVA RESPIMAT if you are allergic to tiotropium, ipratropium, atropine or similar drugs, or any ingredient in these medicines.

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT is not a rescue medicine and should not be used for treating sudden breathing problems. Your doctor may give you other medicine to use for sudden breathing problems.

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT can cause allergic reactions. Symptoms can include raised red patches on your skin (hives), itching, rash and/or swelling of the lips, tongue, or throat that may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowing. If you have any of these symptoms, stop taking the medicine and get immediate medical care.

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT can cause your breathing to suddenly get worse (bronchospasm). If this happens, use your rescue inhaler, stop taking SPIRIVA RESPIMAT, and call your doctor right away or seek emergency medical care.

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT can increase the pressure in your eyes (acute narrow-angle glaucoma), which can cause the following symptoms: eye pain, blurred vision, seeing halos or colored images along with red eyes. If you have any of these symptoms, stop taking your medicine and call your doctor right away.

Dizziness and blurred vision may occur with SPIRIVA RESPIMAT. If you experience these symptoms, use caution when engaging in activities such as driving a car, or operating appliances or other machines.

SPIRIVA RESPIMAT can cause new or worsened urinary retention. Symptoms of blockage in your bladder and/or enlarged prostate may include difficulty passing urine and/or painful urination. If you have any of these symptoms, stop taking your medicine and call your doctor right away.

The most common side effects reported with SPIRIVA RESPIMAT in patients with COPD include sore throat, cough, dry mouth, and sinus infection.

The most common side effects with SPIRIVA RESPIMAT in adult patients with asthma were sore throat, headache, bronchitis, and sinus infection. The side effect profile for adolescent and pediatric patients was comparable to that observed in adult patients with asthma.

Do not spray SPIRIVA RESPIMAT into your eyes, as this may cause blurring of vision and pupil dilation.

Tell your doctor all the medicines you take, including eye drops. Ask your doctor if you are taking any anticholinergic medicines because taking them together with SPIRIVA RESPIMAT can increase side effects.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

CL-SVR-100067 2.15.2017

Please see full Prescribing Information, including Instructions for Use, for SPIRIVA RESPIMAT.