Breo Ellipta is not a rescue medicine. It will not work fast enough to treat an asthma or bronchospasm attack.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Breo Ellipta may interact with other medicines and this may cause serious side effects. Tell your healthcare provider if you take antifungal or anti-HIV medicines.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Breo Ellipta if you are allergic to fluticasone, vilanterol, or milk proteins.
Fluticasone can weaken your immune system, making it easier for you to get an infection or worsening an infection you already have or have recently had. Tell your doctor about any illness or infection you have had within the past several weeks.
To make sure Breo Ellipta is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
glaucoma or cataracts;
a weak immune system;
heart disease, high blood pressure;
liver disease;
a thyroid disorder;
a seizure;
diabetes;
any type of infection (bacterial, fungal, viral, or parasitic); or
osteoporosis.
Long-term use of steroids may lead to bone loss (osteoporosis), especially if you smoke, if you do not exercise, if you do not get enough vitamin D or calcium in your diet, or if you have a family history of osteoporosis. Talk with your doctor about your risk.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant. It is not known whether Breo Ellipta will harm an unborn baby. However, having untreated or uncontrolled asthma during pregnancy may cause complications such as low birth weight, premature birth, or eclampsia (dangerously high blood pressure that can lead to medical problems in both mother and baby). The benefit of treating asthma may outweigh any risks to the baby.
It may not be safe to breast-feed while using this medicine. Ask your doctor about any risk.
Breo Ellipta is not approved for use by anyone younger than 18 years old.
