Ingredient: Tiotropium
Dosage/Direction for Use:
- The medicinal product is intended for inhalation use only.
- The cartridge can only be inserted and used in the Respimat inhaler
- Two puffs from the Respimat inhaler comprise one medicinal dose.
- The recommended dose for adults is 5 microgram tiotropium given as two puffs from the Respimat inhaler once daily, at the same time of the day.
- The recommended dose should not be exceeded.
- In the treatment of asthma, the full benefit will be apparent after several doses of Spiriva Respimat.
- Special Populations: Geriatric patients can use tiotropium bromide at the recommended dose.
- Renally impaired patients can use tiotropium bromide at the recommended dose. For patients with moderate to severe impairment.
- Hepatically impaired patients can use tiotropium bromide at the recommended dose.
- Paediatric population: COPD: Spiriva Respimat is not recommended for use in children and adolescents below 18 years due to lack of data on safety and efficacy.
- Asthma: The recommended dosage of tiotropium using the SPIRIVA RESPIMAT in patients 6 to 17 years of age is 5 micrograms.
- This is administered as two puffs once daily from the RESPIMAT inhaler, at the same time each day.
- Tiotropium has not been studied in children less than 1 year.
More information: https://www.mims.com/malaysia/drug/info/spiriva%20respimat?type=full