RESPTREC

COPD
®

Courses offered:
Medications
Education:
Chronic Disease Management Educator course (a course suitable for
those working with clients living with any chronic disease)

Disease-specific educator training courses

Asthma
COPD

Skills-based course:
Spirometry

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RESPIRATORY TRAINING
®

& EDUCATOR COURSE

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RESPIRATORY TRAINING

& EDUCATOR COURSE

Short-Acting Bronchodilators Long-Acting Bronchodilators Combination Inhalers

SAMA SABA LAMA LABA ICS/LABA SAMA and SABA

(Short-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist) (Short-Acting Beta2-Agonist) (Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist) (Long-Acting Beta2-Agonist) (Inhaled Corticosteroid/Long-Acting Beta2-Agonist)
USE REGULARLY or PRN USE REGULARLY or PRN USE REGULARLY USE REGULARLY USE REGULARLY USE REGULARLY
*RESCUE MEDICATION *Gargle and spit after each use

Atrovent® MDI Airomir™ MDI Incruse™Ellipta® Foradil® Aerolizer® Advair® Diskus® Combivent® Respimat®
(ipratropium bromide) (salbutamol sulphate) (umeclidinium bromide) (fluticasone propionate/ (ipratropium bromide/salbutamol
(formoterol fumarate)
20 mcg/dose 100 mcg/dose 62.5 mcg/dose 12 mcg/dose salmeterol xinafoate) sulphate)
100/50; 250/50; 500/50 mcg 20/100 mcg/dose
Duration: 4-6h Duration: 4-6h Duration: 24h
Duration: 12h doses
Company: BI Company: Valeant Company: GSK Duration: 4-6h
*nebules also available Company: Novartis Duration: 12h Company: BI
Company: GSK *nebules also available
*only the Advair® Diskus® has been
approved for COPD use.

Additional Medications Bricanyl® Turbuhaler® Seebri® Breezhaler® Onbrez® Breezhaler®

(indacaterol maleate)
Breo™ Ellipta® LAMA and LABA
(terbutaline sulphate) (glycopyrronium bromide) (fluticasone furoate/
0.5 mg/dose 50 mcg/dose 75 mcg/dose vilanterol trifenatate) USE REGULARLY
Oral Corticosteroid (OCS): Duration: 24h
100/25 mcg/dose
Prednisone (Apotex, Teva, Jaapharm, Pro Doc Duration: 4-6h Duration: 24h Anoro™ Ellipta®
Company: Novartis Duration: 24h (umeclidinium bromide/vilanterol
Ltée) Company: AZ Company: Novartis
Company: GSK trifenatate)
62.5/25 mcg/dose
Methylxanthines:
(e.g. theophylline, oxtriphylline, etc.) Duration: 24h
Ventolin Diskus
® ®
Spiriva Handihaler
® ® Serevent® Diskus® Symbicort® Turbuhaler® Company: GSK
Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor: (salbutamol sulphate) (tiotropium bromide monohydrate) (salmeterol xinafoate) 50 (budesonide/formoterol fumarate)
Daxas© (roflumilast) (Takeda) 200 mcg/dose 18 mcg/dose mcg/dose 100/6; 200/6; 400/12 FORTE
mcg doses Duaklir® Genuair®
Duration: 4-6h Duration: 24h Duration: 12h (aclidinium bromide/formoterol
Company: GSK Company: BI Company: GSK Duration: 12h fumarate dehydrate)
Company Key:
Company: AZ 400/12 mcg/dose
AZ - AstraZeneca Canada Inc
BI - Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd Duration: 12h
GSK - GlaxoSmithKline Inc Company: AZ
Ventolin MDI
®
Spiriva Respimat
® ®
Striverdi Respimat
® ®
Novartis - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc
Takeda - Takeda Canada Inc.
(salbutamol sulphate)
100 mcg/dose
(tiotropium bromide monohydrate)
2.5 mcg/dose
(olodaterol hydrochloride)
2.5 mcg/dose ICS/LAMA/LABA
Valeant - Valeant Canada Inspiolto® Respimat®
Duration: 4-6h Duration: 24h Duration: 24h USE REGULARLY (tiotropium bromide
Company: GSK Company: BI Company: BI monohydrate/olodaterol
Dose = one inhalation hydrochloride)
MDI = Metered Dose Inhaler *nebules and generic brands available *Approved by Health Canada but may Trelegy Ellipta® 2.5/2.5 mcg dose
not be available yet (fluticasone furoate/
umeclidinium bromide/
* Maximize drug delivery & decrease side effects by using a valved-holding chamber with a metered- vilanterol trifenatate) Duration: 24h
dose inhaler Tudorza® Genuair® 100/62.5/25 mcg/dose Company: BI
* Video instructions found at: www.sk.lung.ca/devices (aclidinium bromide)
400 mcg/dose Duration: 24h
* Product information found at: www.sk.lung.ca/drugs Company: GSK
* Detailed information on the drugs can be found on the Canada Product Database at: Duration: 12h Ultibro® Breezhaler®
https://health-products.canada.ca/dpd-bdpp/index-eng.jsp Company: AZ (glycopyrronium bromide/
* Additonal RESPTREC resources and most current electronic versions available at: indacaterol maleate)
www.sk.lung.ca/resptrec-resources 50/110 mcg/dose
* Note: may not be a complete list of COPD medications
Duration: 24h
Company: Novartis
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