How COPD has affected these patients | 3:11

For these patients, taking action to change their COPD treatment made all the difference.

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ANNOUNCER:
Once-daily TRELEGY is a prescription medicine used long term to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, for better breathing and fewer flare-ups. TRELEGY is not used to relieve sudden breathing problems and won’t replace a rescue inhaler. Remember to watch the complete video to see additional safety information.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Once-daily TRELEGY 100/62.5/25 mcg is a prescription medicine used long term to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, for better breathing and fewer flare-ups. TRELEGY is not used to relieve sudden breathing problems and won’t replace a rescue inhaler. Watch the complete video to see additional safety information.

Important Safety Information

  • Do not use TRELEGY to relieve sudden breathing problems.  Always have a rescue inhaler with you to treat sudden symptoms.
  • Do not use TRELEGY if you have a severe allergy to milk proteins or are allergic to any of the ingredients in TRELEGY.  Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure.
  • Do not use TRELEGY more often than prescribed.
  • Do not take TRELEGY with other medicines that contain a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA) or an anticholinergic for any reason. Tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions and about all the medicines you take.

Please see additional Important Safety Information on this web page.
Please see full Prescribing Information, including Patient Information, on this web page.

TEXT ONSCREEN: COPD can make you and your loved ones feel overwhelmed

MIKE:
You’re run down, you have no energy.

RODNEY:
I can’t get down on the ground and play with the kids like I used to.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Real patients who were taking TRELEGY at the time of filming and one of their caregivers. GSK paid them for their time and expenses for sharing their unique experiences. Individual results may vary.

DIANE:
It just kept getting worse. I kept getting … I got depressed. So I kind of stopped doing anything.

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Diane

MIKE:
I was in a full blown panic 'cause I couldn’t catch my breath, and the more I tried, the more I panicked.

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Mike
TRELEGY won’t replace a rescue inhaler.

MELISSA:
He says, "Okay you have it," and he tells you right then how bad it is.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Melissa
TRELEGY won’t replace a rescue inhaler.

RODNEY:
He says, "Your…your lungs are terrible." And I come out, and told…I told my wife that, and we both had a pretty good cry.

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Rodney

MELISSA:
It’s a, "well, I used to be able to do that."

DIANE:
You’re gonna make me cry.

MELISSA:
Oh no.

DIANE:
Yes.

MELISSA:
'Cause we’re fighters. We’re absolutely fighters.

MIKE:
You can’t change history, but you can change your future.

MELISSA:
Exactly.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Individual results may vary.

SUSAN:
You wanna go out and do as much research as possible. Find out, really, what is this disease? How are we gonna deal with it? So we started seeking as much information as we possibly could. We started thinking, "What do we have in store for us down the line?"

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Mike & Susan

TEXT ONSCREEN: But you can do something about your COPD

DR. CORBRIDGE:
So there are misconceptions about COPD. In days past, we used to think, or your patients used to think, "There's nothing I can do about this.”

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Dr. Corbridge, Pulmonologist

DR. CORBRIDGE:
We can treat it. And we can make patients feel better.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Dr. Corbridge is a physician and was a GSK employee at time of filming.

Individual results may vary.

TEXT ONSCREEN: Doing less is not “doing fine”

DR. CORBRIDGE:
We know that patients underreport their symptoms. This is common in COPD. So if you ask a patient in a clinic visit, "How are you?" they often say, "Well, I'm doing fine." That may be because they have stopped doing things, have become more sedentary, stopped climbing stairs, and that mitigates that symptom of breathlessness.

TEXT ONSCREEN: You deserve to feel better

MELISSA:
If you're feeling down at yourself because you think you've brought this on yourself, you’re feeling disgusted, or terrified that “Oh my gosh! I deserve this”– you don't deserve it, nobody deserves it. But now, it's time to get with the program and go see your doctor and get on a medicine.

MIKE:
I know that I made some mistakes in my health earlier, but it's up to you to take control of your life and move on from there. Just because you did this earlier in your life doesn't mean that that defines who you are, you know–you have a chance to do something else now.

TEXT ONSCREEN: The truth is, you can take action. Ask your doctor if TRELEGY is right for you

ANNOUNCER:
TRELEGY won’t replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
TRELEGY won’t replace a rescue inhaler.

ANNOUNCER:
Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it.

ANNOUNCER:
Do not take TRELEGY more than prescribed. TRELEGY may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Use TRELEGY only once a day, every day.

ANNOUNCER:
Call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur.

TEXT ONSCREEN:
Click here to watch a video on how TRELEGY works

Please see additional Important Safety Information and full Prescribing Information, including Patient Information on this web page.

TRELEGY ELLIPTA was developed in collaboration with INNOVIVA. 
The shape of the ELLIPTA inhaler is a trademark of GSK.
Trademarks owned or licensed by GSK.

©2020 GSK or licensor.
FVUVID200026 September 2020
Produced in USA.

 

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