Published: 13 December 2018

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Correction: Some Asthma Inhalers Contain Very Small Amounts of Ethanol

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Prescriber Update 39(4): 53
December 2018

The September 2018 edition of Prescriber Update included an article about ethanol in some metered dose inhalers¹ . Table 1 of this article, showing the ethanol content of currently available metered dose inhalers for asthma, omitted the Rexair combination preventer products (fluticasone/salmeterol) and the mast cell stabiliser products, Intal Forte (sodium cromoglycate) and Tilade (nedocromil).

These products have been added to Table 1 in the article on the Medsafe website. Salamol (salbutamol) has been removed from the table as it is not currently available.

References

1. 2018. Some asthma inhalers contain very small amounts of ethanol. Prescriber Update 39(3): 37–8. URL: www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/PUArticles/September%202018/AsthmaInhalersEthanol.htm (accessed 18 September 2018).