Anoro Ellipta Drug Description: Detailed Datasheet

Drug Description

What is Anoro Ellipta and how is it used?

Anoro Ellipta is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Anoro Ellipta may be used alone or with other medications.

Anoro Ellipta belongs to a class of drugs called Anticholinergics, Respiratory; Beta2 Agonists; Respiratory Inhalant Combos.

It is not known if Anoro Ellipta is safe and effective in children.

What are the possible side effects of Anoro Ellipta?

Anoro Ellipta may cause serious side effects including:

• worsening difficulty breathing,
• wheezing,
• difficulty breathing,
• shortness of breath,
• sweating,
• nausea,
• vomiting,
• pain or discomfort in chest,
• indigestion,
• lightheadedness,
• fast heart rate,
• irregular heartbeat,
• antifungal or anti-HIV medicines

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

How should I use ANORO ELLIPTA?

Read the step-by-step instructions for using ANORO ELLIPTA at the end of this Patient Information.

• Do not use ANORO ELLIPTA unless your healthcare provider has taught you how to use the inhaler and you understand how to use it correctly. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you have any questions.
• Use ANORO ELLIPTA exactly as prescribed. Do not use ANORO ELLIPTA more often than prescribed.
• Use 1 inhalation of ANORO ELLIPTA 1 time each day. Use ANORO ELLIPTA at the same time each day.
• If you miss a dose of ANORO ELLIPTA, take it as soon as you remember. Do not take more than 1 inhalation per day. Take your next dose at your usual time. Do not take 2 doses at 1 time.
• If you take too much ANORO ELLIPTA, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you have any unusual symptoms, such as worsening shortness of breath, chest pain, increased heart rate, or shakiness.
• Do not use other medicines that contain a LABA or an anticholinergic for any reason. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if any of your other medicines are LABA or anticholinergic medicines.
• Do not stop using ANORO ELLIPTA unless told to do so by your healthcare provider because your symptoms might get worse. Your healthcare provider will change your medicines as needed.
• ANORO ELLIPTA does not relieve sudden breathing problems. Always have a rescue inhaler with you to treat sudden symptoms. If you do not have a rescue inhaler, call your healthcare provider to have one prescribed for you.
• Call your healthcare provider or get medical care right away if your breathing problems get worse, you need to use your rescue inhaler more often than usual, or your rescue inhaler does not work as well to relieve your symptoms.

What are the possible side effects of ANORO ELLIPTA?

ANORO ELLIPTA can cause serious side effects, including:

• serious problems in people with asthma. People with asthma who take LABA medicines, such as vilanterol (one of the medicines in ANORO ELLIPTA), without also using a medicine called an inhaled corticosteroid, have an increased risk of serious problems from asthma, including death.
  • Call your healthcare provider if breathing problems worsen over time while using ANORO ELLIPTA. You may need a different treatment.
  • Get emergency medical care if:
    • your breathing problems worsen quickly.
    • you use your rescue inhaler medicine, but it does not relieve your breathing problems.
• COPD symptoms that get worse over time. If your COPD symptoms worsen over time, do not increase your dose of ANORO ELLIPTA; instead call your healthcare provider.
• symptoms of using too much of a LABA medicine, including:
  • chest pain
  • fast or irregular heartbeat
  • tremor
  • increased blood pressure
  • headache
  • nervousness
• sudden breathing problems immediately after inhaling your medicine. If you have sudden breathing problems immediately after inhaling your medicine, stop using ANORO ELLIPTA and call your healthcare provider right away.
• serious allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider or get emergency medical care if you get any of the following symptoms of a serious allergic reaction:
  • rash
  • hives
  • swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue
  • breathing problems
• effects on heart.
  • increased blood pressure
  • a fast or irregular heartbeat, awareness of heartbeat
  • chest pain
• effects on nervous system.
  • tremor
  • nervousness
• new or worsened eye problems including acute narrow-angle glaucoma. Acute narrow-angle glaucoma can cause permanent loss of vision if not treated. Symptoms of acute narrow-angle glaucoma may include:
  • eye pain or discomfort
  • blurred vision
  • red eyes
  • nausea or vomiting
  • seeing halos or bright colors around lights

If you have these symptoms, call your healthcare provider right away before taking another dose.

• urinary retention. People who take ANORO ELLIPTA may develop new or worse urinary retention. Symptoms of urinary retention may include:
  • difficulty urinating
  • urinating frequently
  • painful urination
  • urination in a weak stream or drips

If you have these symptoms of urinary retention, stop taking ANORO ELLIPTA and call your healthcare provider right away before taking another dose.

• changes in laboratory blood levels, including high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and low levels of potassium (hypokalemia).

Common side effects of ANORO ELLIPTA include:

• sore throat
• common cold symptoms
• pain in your arms or legs
• chest pain
• sinus infection
• constipation
• muscle spasms
• lower respiratory infection
• diarrhea
• neck pain

These are not all the possible side effects of ANORO ELLIPTA. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

How should I store ANORO ELLIPTA?

• Store ANORO ELLIPTA at room temperature between 68°F and 77°F (20°C and 25°C).
• Store ANORO ELLIPTA in a dry place away from heat and sunlight.
• Store ANORO ELLIPTA in the unopened tray and only open when ready for use.
• Safely throw away ANORO ELLIPTA in the trash 6 weeks after you open the tray or when the counter reads “0”, whichever comes first. Write the date you open the tray on the label on the inhaler.
• Keep ANORO ELLIPTA and all medicines out of the reach of children.

General information about the safe and effective use of ANORO ELLIPTA.

Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes not mentioned in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use ANORO ELLIPTA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give ANORO ELLIPTA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them.

This Patient Information leaflet summarizes the most important information about ANORO ELLIPTA. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider or pharmacist. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about ANORO ELLIPTA that is written for health professionals.

What are the ingredients in ANORO ELLIPTA?

Active ingredients: umeclidinium, vilanterol

Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate (contains milk proteins), magnesium stearate

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

ANORO ELLIPTA
(a-NOR oh e-LIP-ta)
(umeclidinium and vilanterol inhalation powder)
for oral inhalation use

Read this before you start:

• If you open and close the cover without inhaling the medicine, you will lose the dose.
• The lost dose will be securely held inside the inhaler, but it will no longer be available to be inhaled.
• It is not possible to accidentally take a double dose or an extra dose in 1 inhalation.

Your ANORO ELLIPTA inhaler

How to use your inhaler

• ANORO ELLIPTA comes in a tray.
• Peel back the lid to open the tray. See Figure A.
• The tray contains a desiccant to reduce moisture. Do not eat or inhale. Throw it away in the household trash out of reach of children and pets. See Figure B.

Figure A & B

Important Notes:

• Your inhaler contains 30 doses (7 doses if you have a sample or institutional pack).
• Each time you fully open the cover of the inhaler (you will hear a clicking sound), a dose is ready to be inhaled. This is shown by a decrease in the number on the counter.
• If you open and close the cover without inhaling the medicine, you will lose the dose. The lost dose will be held in the inhaler, but it will no longer be available to be inhaled. It is not possible to accidentally take a double dose or an extra dose in 1 inhalation.
• Do not open the cover of the inhaler until you are ready to use it. To avoid wasting doses after the inhaler is ready, do not close the cover until after you have inhaled the medicine.
• Write the “Tray opened” and “Discard” dates on the inhaler label. The “Discard” date is 6 weeks from the date you open the tray.

Check the counter. See Figure C.

• Before the inhaler is used for the first time, the counter should show the number 30 (7 if you have a sample or institutional pack). This is the number of doses in the inhaler.
• Each time you open the cover, you prepare 1 dose of medicine.
• The counter counts down by 1 each time you open the cover.

Figure C

Prepare your dose:

Wait to open the cover until you are ready to take your dose.

Step 1. Open the cover of the inhaler. See Figure D.

• Slide the cover down to expose the mouthpiece. You should hear a “click.” The counter will count down by 1 number. You do not need to shake this kind of inhaler. Your inhaler is now ready to use.
• If the counter does not count down as you hear the click, the inhaler will not deliver the medicine. Call your healthcare provider or pharmacist if this happens.

Figure D

Step 2. Breathe out. See Figure E.

• While holding the inhaler away from your mouth, breathe out (exhale) fully. Do not breathe out into the mouthpiece.

Figure E

Step 3. Inhale your medicine. See Figure F.

• Put the mouthpiece between your lips, and close your lips firmly around it. Your lips should fit over the curved shape of the mouthpiece.
• Take 1 long, steady, deep breath in through your mouth. Do not breathe in through your nose.

Figure F

• Do not block the air vent with your fingers. See Figure G.

Figure G

• Remove the inhaler from your mouth and hold your breath for about 3 to 4 seconds (or as long as comfortable for you). See Figure H.

Figure H

Step 4. Breathe out slowly and gently. See Figure I.

• You may not taste or feel the medicine, even when you are using the inhaler correctly.
• Do not take another dose from the inhaler even if you do not feel or taste the medicine.

Figure I

Step 5. Close the inhaler. See Figure J.

• You can clean the mouthpiece if needed, using a dry tissue, before you close the cover. Routine cleaning is not required.
• Slide the cover up and over the mouthpiece as far as it will go.

Figure J

Important Note: When should you get a refill?

• When you have fewer than 10 doses remaining in your inhaler, the left half of the counter shows red as a reminder to get a refill. See Figure K.
• After you have inhaled the last dose, the counter will show “0” and will be empty.
• Throw the empty inhaler away in your household trash out of reach of children and pets.

Figure K

This Instructions for Use has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration