Aerospan Dosage

Adults and Adolescents 12 Years of Age and Older

​The starting dosage is based on previous asthma therapy and disease severity, including consideration of the patients’ current control of asthma symptoms and risk of future exacerbation. The recommended starting dosage for patients aged 12 years and older who are not on an inhaled corticosteroid is 160 mcg twice daily, approximately 12 hours apart. For other patients, and for patients who do not respond adequately to Aerospan 160 mcg after 2 weeks of therapy, increasing the dosage may provide additional asthma control. The maximum recommended dosage is 320 mcg twice daily.

Pediatric Patients 6 to 11 Years

​The starting dosage is based on previous asthma therapy and disease severity, including consideration of the patients’ current control of asthma symptoms and risk of future exacerbation. The recommended starting dosage for patients aged 6 to 11 years who are not on an inhaled corticosteroid is 80 mcg twice daily, approximately 12 hours apart. For other patients, and for patients who do not respond adequately to Aerospan 80 mcg after 2 weeks of therapy, increasing the dosage may provide additional asthma control. The maximum recommended dosage for patients 6 to 11 years of age is 160 mcg twice daily.

General Dosing Recommendations

​If symptoms arise between doses, an inhaled short-acting beta2-agonist should be used for immediate relief.

​The onset and degree of symptom relief with orally inhaled corticosteroids is usually apparent within 2-4 weeks after the start of treatment, and varies with individual patients. The time to improvement in asthma control was not evaluated in clinical studies with AEROSPAN.

​If a dosage regimen of AEROSPAN and additional therapeutic options, e.g., increasing the AEROSPAN dosage, initiating an inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) combination product, or initiating oral corticosteroids, should be considered.

​After asthma stability has been achieved, titrate to the lowest effective dosage to reduce the possibility of side effects.