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Correct Use of Flovent Rotadisk

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Remove the mouthpiece cover.
Hold the corners of the mouthpiece tray and slide out and back in to rotate the disk. Your medication dosage is set.
Place device in level position.
Lift the lid fully to pierce the medication blister.
Breathe out slowly.
Place mouthpiece in mouth and breathe in steadily and deeply.
Hold your breath for 10 seconds to allow the medicine to reach deeply into your lungs.
Repeat puffs as directed starting with Step 2.

Helpful Hints:

Each disk has four medication blisters. The blisters are numbered starting with 4. This will show you how many doses are left.
Breathe in through your mouth.
Use enclosed brush to remove any powder left behind.

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