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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced, in accordance with longstanding U.S. obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, seven metered-dose inhalers (MDI) used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be gradually removed from the U.S. marketplace. These inhalers contain ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are propellants that move medication out of the inhaler and into the lungs of patients. Alternative medications that do not contain CFCs are available.
The seven CFC inhalers are listed here by their brand names. The generic names for the medicines appear in parentheses:
- Tilade Inhaler (nedocromil)
- Alupent Inhalation Aerosol (metaproterenol)
- Azmacort Inhalation Aerosol (triamcinolone)
- Intal Inhaler (cromolyn)
- Aerobid Inhaler System (flunisolide)
- Combivent Inhalation Aerosol (albuterol and ipratropium in combination)
- Maxair Autohaler (pirbuterol)
For more information, please visit: Asthma and COPD Inhalers That Contain Ozone-depleting CFCs
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