What are the instructions for using a Relenza inhaler?

Each box of Relenza has a Patient Instructions for Use leaflet that explains how to take Relenza using the Diskhaler device. These instructions are not a substitute for education and demonstration by your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will tell you how to use Relenza. Use it exactly as your healthcare provider prescribes. To help make sure Relenza is used the right way by children, it should be used only under adult supervision.  The supervising adult must understand how to use the Diskhaler device.

To help you use Relenza the right way, the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, also created a video on their website that demonstrates the proper use of the Relenza Diskhaler device, (see http://www.relenza.com/using-relenza-videos.html).

It is important to remember to puncture both the top and bottom of the blister using the Diskhaler before inhaling the medication into your mouth.  Relenza should never be used with any other device but the Diskhaler. The blisters of medicine should never be opened and mixed into a liquid.

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• Antiviral drugs for treating the flu (FDA)
• Detailed information about Relenza (FDA)

Last Reviewed: 10/27/2010

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