Aclidinium Inhalation and Conivaptan Hydrochloride

• Generic Name: aclidinium
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Tudorza Pressair

Aclidinium is used to treat bronchospasm caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a lung disease that also includes chronic bronchitis (swelling of the tubes leading to the lungs) and emphysema (damage to the air sacs in the lungs).

Aclidinium is a bronchodilator. Bronchodilators are breathed in through the mouth to help open up the bronchial tubes (air passages) in the lungs. It is taken by inhalation (an inhaler) and will increase the flow of air to the lungs.

Aclidinium is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: conivaptan
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Vaprisol

Used to increase serum sodium concentrations in hospitalized patients with euvolemic or hypervolemic hyponatremia. Use in patients with hypervolemic hyponatremia associated with heart failure only after consideration of other treatment options; limited data on safety in this patient population. (See CHF under Cautions.)

Not indicated for the treatment of hypovolemic hyponatremia.

Use of conivaptan to increase serum sodium concentrations has not been established to provide symptomatic benefit to patients.

Not indicated for the treatment of CHF; efficacy not established for this indication.