Phase-Out of CFC Metered-Dose Inhalers Containing flunisolide, triamcinolone, metaproterenol, pirbuterol, albuterol and ipratrop

Metered dose inhalers (MDIs) that contain chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) to deliver these medicines are being phased out over the coming years. Patients who use these medicines will need to talk to a doctor and switch to another medicine before the phase out of their medicine is completed. 

Phase-Out

• Questions & Answers
• Podcast     Full Version     Transcript
• Consumer Article: Seven Inhalers That Use CFCs Being Phased Out

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• Press Release
• FDA Patient Safety News (video)
• CFC metered-dose inhalers: Counseling patients on the phase-out (FDA article in Pharmacy Today, 6/2010)

  General Information

• Drug Treatments for Asthma and COPD that Do Not Use CFCs .
• Metered-Dose Inhalers-General Information

Regulatory Documents

• Final Rule: Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances; Removal of Essential-Use Designation
  (Flunisolide, etc.) (PDF - 175KB)
• Public Meeting on Essential Uses of Ozone Depleting Substances, August 2, 2007