Like thousands of other Kiwis, it sounds like you might be having trouble with both your asthma and your inhalers. It doesn’t need to be like this. Your asthma medication should help you get on with the things you enjoy, not be a constant reminder.



SYMBICORT - Is Symbicort SMART right for you?

Symbicort Maintenance And Reliever Therapy is a way of using your Symbicort inhaler to reduce inflammation and constriction in your airways.


It is a revolutionary way of managing your asthma, because it combines all the inhalers that you normally need into the one single inhaler to provide you with a more effective way to manage asthma.

It is used in the morning, at night and as needed to treat any asthma symptoms (instead of a blue inhaler).

To find out if Symbicort SMART may be the right solution for you, take the following asthma test.

Download one of the following Asthma Control Tests, fill it in, and take it to your doctor

how to use symbicort

Symbicort Turbuhaler is used to treat the inflammation caused by your airway disease...

what is symbicort smart

Symbicort® Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART®) is a completely different way of managing your asthma...

is symbicort right for you

Like thousands of other Kiwis, it sounds like you might be having trouble with both your asthma and your inhalers...

Who is Eligible for Symbicort

Your doctor will use a stepped approach to determine whether or not you are eligible for Symbicort®. Each step and the treatment choice associated with it is based on the degree of control of your asthma symptoms...

what is asthma

Asthma is a disease of the airways in the lungs. Its symptoms are caused...

asthma attack

Asthma is a disease of the airways in the lungs...

asthma causes

The causes of asthma are not fully...

asthma symptoms

Asthma symptoms typically ‘come and go’. You may have trouble breathing...

asthma treatment

Preventers are medicines that prevent asthma attacks from starting...

alternative treatment

asthma prognosis

No, there is not yet a total cure for...

asthma side effects

No, but if you are not sleeping well...

HOW TO USE YOUR TURBUHALER

Most dry powder inhalers contain rather large amounts of lactose, an ingredient that has a sweet taste. Turbuhaler, on the other hand, does not contain lactose, or contains only very small amounts...

HOW TO USE YOUR TURBUHALER MOVIES

View these movies on how to use your turbuhaler for adults and for children...


Symbicort Turbuhaler for the regular treatment of asthma

Tell your doctor if you have
Thyroid problems, heart problems, diabetes. Pregnancy, breast-feeding.
Most common side effects are: mild irritation in the throat, coughing, hoarseness, thrush, headache, trembling, fast or irregular heartbeat.

Prescription Medicine.
Use strictly as directed. If symptoms continue or you have side effects, see your doctor.
Symbicort is fully funded under certain criteria. Doctors fee and prescription fee will still apply.

Check with your doctor if Symbicort is right for you.
Contains budesonide 100 µg or 200 µg and eformoterol 6 µg per dose

For full consumer information refer to www.medsafe.govt.nz or Consumer Medicine Information Sheet .

AstraZeneca Limited Auckland.
Freephone 0800 363 200

TAPs approval number: CH1986 Last Updated 27th Jan 2010