HOW TO USE

TRELEGY ELLIPTA

Explore one dose a day with TRELEGY

TRELEGY offers the simplicity of 3 long-acting medicines in 1 inhaler, taken just once a day. TRELEGY does not replace a rescue inhaler. Learn how to use TRELEGY below.

WATCH: Using your TRELEGY ELLIPTA inhaler | 2:20

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ANNOUNCER:
This is the story of your lungs and what can make breathing difficult if you live with COPD or asthma. Let’s discover what’s happening in your airways to see why the right treatment may make a difference. 

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Graphics and animation for illustrative purposes only.

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When you breathe in, air flows into your nose or mouth, through your throat, and down into your lungs.

Inside your lungs, there’s a system of airways that branch into thousands of smaller airways. Let’s take a closer look inside one of these many airways.

In healthy lungs, air flows in and out of the airways without any issue. But if you’re living with COPD or asthma, breathing can be a lot more difficult. That’s because, over time, your airways can become inflamed from COPD or asthma. This inflammation causes the inner walls of the airways to swell and become thicker.

The muscles around the airways also tighten and constrict, further narrowing them.
All of this makes it difficult for air to flow through when you breathe. This is when you might start to experience breathing problems and uncomfortable symptoms like coughing, wheezing, or being out of breath.

And over time, it can really feel like your symptoms are standing in the way of your everyday life. But if you’ve been feeling this way, you can make a change.

Now is the time to take action and ask your doctor about TRELEGY.

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Once-daily TRELEGY is a prescription medicine used long term to treat COPD, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both and to treat asthma in adults. TRELEGY 100/62.5/25 mcg is the only strength approved for COPD. TRELEGY is not used to relieve sudden breathing problems and won’t replace a rescue inhaler.

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TRELEGY is taken just once a day.
And it’s the only once-daily treatment...

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ONCE A DAY

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...with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler that lasts for a full 24 hours.

Each of the 3 medicines in TRELEGY has a different role,...

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[ICS medicine disc]
[LABA medicine disc]
[LAMA medicine disc]

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…but they work together to help you breathe easier and improve lung function.

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Results may vary.

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The first medicine is called an ICS, which stands for inhaled corticosteroid. Over time, it reduces inflammation and swelling in the airways to allow more air to flow through.

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[ICS medicine disc]

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The second medicine is called a LABA, or long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist. It relaxes the muscles around your airways to help open them further.

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[LABA medicine disc]

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And then there’s a third medicine in TRELEGY called a LAMA, or long-acting muscarinic antagonist. This medicine blocks the tightening of muscles around your airways to help keep them open, allowing even more air to flow through.

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[LAMA medicine disc]

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With just one dose, once a day,…

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ONE DOSE
ONCE A DAY

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...you can experience the lasting effects of TRELEGY for a full 24 hours.

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24h

TRELEGY does not replace a rescue inhaler.

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And with the power of 3 medicines together,…

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POWER OF 3

[ICS medicine disc]
[LAMA medicine disc]
[LABA medicine disc]

In studies, patients taking TRELEGY had improved lung function vs patients taking 2 of TRELEGY’s 3 medicines.

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...TRELEGY helps make breathing easier, and improves symptoms all day and night.

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In studies, patients taking TRELEGY had improved lung function vs patients taking 2 of TRELEGY’s 3 medicines.

Results may vary.

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

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TRELEGY won’t replace a rescue inhaler.

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TRELEGY contains a medicine that increases risk of hospitalizations and death from asthma problems when used alone for asthma.

When this medicine is used with an inhaled corticosteroid, like in TRELEGY, there is not a significant increased risk of these events.

Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. Do not take TRELEGY more than prescribed.

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Use TRELEGY only once a day, every day.

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Get emergency care for serious allergic reactions. TRELEGY may increase your risk of thrush, infections, and osteoporosis. TRELEGY may also increase your risk of pneumonia if taking it for COPD.

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Serious allergic reactions include rash, hives, mouth and tongue swelling, or breathing problems.

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Call your doctor if your asthma does not improve, or if you experience worsened breathing, chest pain, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain.

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You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

ANNOUNCER:
If you’re living with COPD or asthma, better breathing is within reach.

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ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ONCE-DAILY TRELEGY

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

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Make today the day you ask your doctor about once-daily TRELEGY.

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ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ONCE-DAILY TRELEGY

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Intended for US audiences only.
The shape of the ELLIPTA inhaler is a trademark of the GSK group of companies. Trademarks are owned by or licensed to the GSK group of companies.

©2022 GSK or licensor.
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Take it step by step: using the inhaler

What should I know before I use TRELEGY?

Wait to open the cover until you are ready to take a dose. If you open and close the cover without inhaling the medicine, you will lose the dose. The lost dose will be held inside the inhaler, but it will no longer be available to be inhaled. Don’t worry—it’s not possible to accidentally take an extra dose in 1 inhalation.

Note: Before the inhaler is used for the first time, the dose counter will start at 30 (or 14 if you’re using a sample). You may see "60" mentioned on your prescription printouts. This refers to the blisters inside the inhaler, not the number of doses. The 3 medicines in TRELEGY are packaged into 2 strips that each contain 30 blisters. When you open the inhaler (and hear the click), the contents of 1 blister from each of the 2 strips combine to form 1 dose of TRELEGY.

Make sure to ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.

How to Take TRELEGY Step 1: Open the cover of the inhaler

STEP 1

Open the cover of the inhaler

  • Slide the cover down to expose the mouthpiece. You should hear a “click” and the counter will count down by 1 number. Your inhaler is now ready to use—you do not need to shake the inhaler.
  • 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.
How to Take TRELEGY Step 2: Breathe out

STEP 2

Breathe out

  • While holding the inhaler away from your mouth, breathe out fully.
  • Do not breathe out into the mouthpiece.
How to Take TRELEGY Step 3: Inhale your medicine

STEP 3

Inhale the medicine

  • 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 one long, steady, deep breath in through your mouth. Do not breathe in through your nose.
  • Make sure not to block the air vent with your fingers.
  • Remove the inhaler from your mouth and hold your breath for about 3-4 seconds (or as long as is comfortable for you).
How to Take TRELEGY Step 4: Breathe out slowly and gently

STEP 4

Breathe out slowly and gently

  • You may not taste or feel the medicine, even when using the inhaler correctly.
  • Do not take another dose from the inhaler, even if you do not feel or taste the medicine.
How to Take TRELEGY Step 5: Close the inhaler

STEP 5

Close the inhaler

  • Routine cleaning is not required. If needed, you can clean the mouthpiece with a dry tissue before you close the cover.
  • Slide the cover up and over the mouthpiece as far as it will go.
How to Take TRELEGY Step 6: Rinse your mouth

STEP 6

Rinse your mouth

  • Rinse your mouth with water and spit the water out.
  • Do not swallow the water.
Counting Your TRELEGY Doses

IMPORTANT NOTE

When should you get a refill?

  • Once there are fewer than 10 doses left in your inhaler, the left half of the dose counter will show red as a reminder to get a refill.
  • After you have inhaled the last dose, the counter will show “0” and will be empty.
  • Make sure to throw the empty inhaler away in your household trash, out of reach of children and pets.
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