Fluticasone and salmeterol and Levalbuterol interaction

Fluticasone and salmeterol and Levalbuterol: both prescribing labels flag this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.

Major

Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.

What the FDA labels say

From the Fluticasone and salmeterol (Fluticasone Propionate and Salmeterol) label · effective 2025-08-21

Major

Avoid Excessive Use of Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol and Avoid Use with Other Long-Acting Beta 2 -Agonists Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol MDPI should not be used more often than recommended, at higher doses than recommended, or in conjunction with other medicines containing LABA, as an overdose may result.

Warnings and precautionsby drug classView label on DailyMed
Minor

If paradoxical bronchospasm occurs following dosing with inhaled fluticasone propionate/salmeterol medicines, it should be treated immediately with an inhaled, short-acting bronchodilator; inhaled fluticasone propionate/salmeterol medicines should be discontinued immediately; and alternative therapy should be instituted.

Warnings and precautionsby drug classView label on DailyMed

From the Levalbuterol (XOPENEX HFA) label · effective 2025-06-02

Major

Other short-acting sympathomimetic aerosol bronchodilators or epinephrine should not be used concomitantly with XOPENEX HFA.

Drug interactionsby drug classView label on DailyMed
Moderate

If the patient needs more doses of XOPENEX HFA than usual, this may be a marker of destabilization of asthma and requires reevaluation of the patient and treatment regimen, giving special consideration to the possible need for anti-inflammatory treatment, e.g., corticosteroids.

Warnings and precautionsby drug classView label on DailyMed
Moderate

Early consideration should be given to adding anti-inflammatory agents, e.g., corticosteroids, to the therapeutic regimen.

Warnings and precautionsby drug classView label on DailyMed
Moderate

Other short-acting sympathomimetic aerosol bronchodilators and adrenergic drugs : May potentiate effect.

Drug interactionsby drug classView label on DailyMed
Minor

XOPENEX HFA is not a substitute for corticosteroids.

Warnings and precautionsby drug classView label on DailyMed

Taking more than these two? Interactions stack. Check your whole list at once; it stays in your browser.

Open in the checker

Not medical advice. Interaction Checker quotes FDA label text and NIH fact sheets. Whether an interaction matters for you depends on doses, timing, kidney and liver function, and other conditions. Confirm with a pharmacist or prescriber.