Accolate and Salmeterol

• Generic Name: zafirlukast
• Dosage Forms: tablet, coated
• Other Brand Names: Accolate

Accolate is a leukotriene (loo-koe-TRY-een) inhibitor. Leukotrienes are chemicals your body releases when you breathe in an allergen (such as pollen). These chemicals cause swelling in your lungs and tightening of the muscles around your airways, which can result in asthma symptoms.

Accolate is used for chronic treatment of asthma, and to prevent asthma attacks in adults and children as young as 5 years old.

Do not give Accolate to a child younger than 5 years without a doctor's advice.

Accolate may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

• Generic Name: salmeterol
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Serevent Diskus, Serevent

• It is used to treat asthma.
• It is used to treat COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
• It is used to prevent exercise-induced breathing problems.
• This medicine is not to be used to treat intense flare-ups of shortness of breath. Use a rescue inhaler. Talk with the doctor.