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ASMANEX HFA (mometasone furoate)
- controller medication for asthma
100 mcg/actuation aerosol inhaler
- Inhale 2 puffs (200 mcg) by inhalation route 2 times per day in the morning and evening
200 mcg/actuation aerosol inhaler
- Inhale 2 puffs (400 mcg) by inhalation route 2 times per day in the morning and evening
50 mcg/actuation aerosol inhaler
- Dosage information is not available
Maintenance therapy for asthma
- Inhale 1 puff (200 mcg) by inhalation route 2 times per day in the morning and evening
- Inhale 2 puffs (200 mcg) by inhalation route 2 times per day in the morning and evening
- Inhale 2 puffs (400 mcg) by inhalation route 2 times per day in the morning and evening
- None
Contraindicated
- Korlym
- Mifeprex
- mifepristone
Severe
Moderate
- Avelox
- Avelox Abc Pack
- Avelox In Nacl (iso-osmotic)
- Cipro
- Cipro In D5W
- Cipro Xr
- ciprofloxacin
- ciprofloxacin (mixture)
- ciprofloxacin in D5W
- Levaquin
- Levaquin In 5 % Dextrose
- levofloxacin
- levofloxacin in D5W
- moxifloxacin
- moxifloxacin in NaCl (iso-osm)
- norfloxacin
- Noroxin
- ofloxacin
- None
Contraindicated
- Fungal infection
- Ocular herpes simplex
- Ocular hypertension
- Osteoporosis
- Parasitic infection
Severe
Moderate
- Active tuberculosis
- Cataracts
- Chickenpox
- Disease of liver
- Glaucoma
- Hypothalamic-pituitary insufficiency
- Immunosuppression
- Measles
- Osteopenia
ASMANEX HFA (mometasone furoate)
- controller medication for asthma
- None
- Allergic rhinitis
- Back pain
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Headache disorder
- Musculoskeletal pain
- Oral candidiasis
- Pharyngitis
- Sinusitis
- Upper respiratory infection
More Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
- None
- Acute abdominal pain
- Myalgia
- Nausea
- Oropharyngeal candidiasis
- Urinary tract infection
Less Frequent
Severe
Less Severe
Rare / Very Rare
Severe
- Anaphylaxis
- Angioedema
- Asthma exacerbation
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Hypersensitivity drug reaction
- Hypothalamic-pituitary insufficiency
- Immunosuppression
- Infection
- Ocular hypertension
- Osteopenia
- Paradoxical bronchospasm
Less Severe
- Anorexia
- Arthralgia
- Blurred vision
- Cough
- Dry throat
- Earache
- Epistaxis
- Fatigue
- Flu-like symptoms
- Gastroenteritis
- Nasal passage irritation
- Pain
- Pruritus of skin
- Skin rash
- Voice change
- Vomiting
Contraindicated
None
Severe Precaution
Mometasone (Inhal_HFA)
May cause reduced growth rate and potential HPA-axis suppression. No safety and efficacy with HFA dose form age < 5 yrs.
- 1 Day – 5 Years
- May cause reduced growth rate and potential HPA-axis suppression. No safety and efficacy with HFA dose form age < 5 yrs.
Management or Monitoring Precaution
Mometasone (Inhal_HFA)
May reduce growth rate; monitor growth and titrate to lowest effective dose.
- 5 Years – 18 Years
- May reduce growth rate; monitor growth and titrate to lowest effective dose.
Mometasone
- Severity Level:
2
- Additional Notes: Acog guidelines rec inhaled corticosteroids for asthma treatment in pregnancy
Contraindicated
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Precaution Exists
Mometasone
Unlikely clinically significant amount excreted with top/nasal administration
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| Evaluate use carefully | Unknown | Not known; no or inclusive data | Unlikely clinically significant amount excreted with top/nasal administration |
No Known Risk
None
| General | Excretion Potential | Effect on Infant | Notes |
| None |
Contraindicated
None
Precaution Exists
None
No Known Risk
None
- None
| Maintenance therapy for asthma | |
| J45 | Asthma |
| J45.2 | Mild intermittent asthma |
| J45.20 | Mild intermittent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.3 | Mild persistent asthma |
| J45.30 | Mild persistent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.4 | Moderate persistent asthma |
| J45.40 | Moderate persistent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.5 | Severe persistent asthma |
| J45.50 | Severe persistent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.9 | Other and unspecified asthma |
| J45.90 | Unspecified asthma |
| J45.909 | Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated |
| 0-9 | A-Z |
|---|---|
| J45 | Asthma |
| J45.2 | Mild intermittent asthma |
| J45.20 | Mild intermittent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.3 | Mild persistent asthma |
| J45.30 | Mild persistent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.4 | Moderate persistent asthma |
| J45.40 | Moderate persistent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.5 | Severe persistent asthma |
| J45.50 | Severe persistent asthma, uncomplicated |
| J45.9 | Other and unspecified asthma |
| J45.90 | Unspecified asthma |
| J45.909 | Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated |
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