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60 ACTUAT fluticasone propionate 0.1 MG/ACTUAT / salmeterol 0.05 MG/ACTUAT Dry Powder Inhaler [Wixela]
What it is used for
Wixela Inhub ® is a combination product containing a corticosteroid and a long-acting beta 2 -adrenergic agonist (LABA) indicated for:
Twice-daily treatment of asthma in patients aged 4 years and older.
Maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction and reducing exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Important limitation of use: Not indicated for relief of acute bronchospasm.
1.1 Treatment of
Asthma Wixela Inhub ® is indicated for the twice-daily treatment of asthma in patients aged 4 years and older. Wixela Inhub ® should be used for patients not adequately controlled on a long-term asthma control medication such as an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) or whose disease warrants initiation of treatment with both an ICS and long-acting beta 2 -adrenergic agonist (LABA). Important Limitation of Use Wixela Inhub ® is NOT indicated for the relief of acute bronchospasm.
1.2 Maintenance
Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Wixela Inhub ® 250/50 is indicated for the twice-daily maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. Wixela Inhub ® 250/50 is also indicated to reduce exacerbations of COPD in patients with a history of exacerbations. Wixela Inhub ® 250/50 twice daily is the only approved dosage for the treatment of COPD because an efficacy advantage of the higher strength Wixela Inhub ® 500/50 over Wixela Inhub ® 250/50 has not been demonstrated. Important Limitation of Use Wixela Inhub ® is NOT indicated for the relief of acute bronchospasm.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 29, 2022. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Wixela Inhub ® 100/50, Wixela Inhub ® 250/50, and Wixela Inhub ® 500/50 are combinations of fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate. One active component of Wixela Inhub ® is fluticasone propionate, a corticosteroid having the chemical name S -Fluoromethyl 6α,9α-difluoro-11β-hydroxy-16α-methyl-3-oxo-17α-propionyloxyandrosta-1,4-diene-17β-carbothioate and the following chemical structure: Fluticasone propionate, USP is a white to almost white powder with a molecular weight of 500.6, and the empirical formula is C 25 H 31 F 3 O 5 S. It is practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethylformamide, and slightly soluble in methanol and 95% ethanol. The other active component of Wixela Inhub ® is salmeterol xinafoate, a beta 2 -adrenergic bronchodilator. Salmeterol xinafoate is the racemic form of the 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid salt of salmeterol. It has the chemical name (±)-4-Hydroxy-α 1 -[[[6-(4-phenylbutoxy)hexyl]amino]methyl]- m -xylene-α,α'-diol 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate (salt) and the following chemical structure: Salmeterol xinafoate, USP is a white to almost white powder with a molecular weight of 603.8, and the empirical formula is C 25 H 37 NO 4
C 11 H 8 O 3. It is freely soluble in methanol; slightly soluble in ethanol, chloroform, and isopropanol; and sparingly soluble in water. Wixela Inhub ® is a grey colored plastic inhaler containing two foil sealed discs, each disc containing 30 pre-metered doses. Each of the 60 doses contains a white to off white powder mix of micronized fluticasone propionate (100, 250, or 500 mcg) and micronized salmeterol xinafoate salt (72.5 mcg, equivalent to 50 mcg of salmeterol base) in 12.5 mg of formulation containing lactose monohydrate (which contains milk proteins). After the inhaler is activated, the powder is dispersed into the airstream created by the patient inhaling through the mouthpiece. Under standardized in vitro test conditions, Wixela Inhub ® delivers 93, 233, and 465 mcg of fluticasone propionate and 45 mcg of salmeterol base per dose from Wixela Inhub ® 100/50, Wixela Inhub ® 250/50, and Wixela Inhub ® 500/50, respectively, when tested at a flow rate of 60 L/min for 2 seconds. In adult subjects with obstructive lung disease and severely compromised lung function (mean FEV 1 20% to 30% of predicted), mean peak inspiratory flow (PIF) through another dry powder inhaler was 82.4 L/min (range: 46.1 to 115.3 L/min). Inhalation profiles for adolescent (N = 13, aged 12 to 17 years) and adult (N = 17, aged 18 to 50 years) subjects with asthma inhaling maximally through another dry powder inhaler show mean PIF of 122.2 L/min (range: 81.6 to 152.1 L/min). Inhalation profiles for pediatric subjects with asthma inhaling maximally through another dry powder inhaler show a mean PIF of 75.5 L/min (range: 49.0 to 104.8 L/min) for the 4-year-old subject set (N = 20) and 107.3 L/min (range: 82.8 to 125.6 L/min) for the 8-year-old subject set (N = 20). The actual amount of drug delivered to the lung will depend on patient factors, such as inspiratory flow profile. Meets USP Aerodynamic Particle Size Distribution Test 2. Fluticasone Propionate Structural Formula Salmeterol Zinofoate Structural Formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 29, 2022. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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