Beclomethasone (inhaled)

🧮 Dose calculator

Asthma and chronic lung disease (reversible airflow obstruction) · Regimen source: FDA QVAR RediHaler · 2.2

• • Range 40–320 mcg twice daily. FDA QVAR RediHaler · 2

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA QVAR RediHaler · 8.1

  “Risk Summary There are no adequate and well‑controlled studies with QVAR REDIHALER or beclomethasone dipropionate in pregnant women.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA QVAR RediHaler · 8.2

  “Risk Summary There are no data available on the presence of beclomethasone dipropionate in human milk, the effects on the breastfed child, or the effects on milk production.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA QVAR RediHaler · 8.4

  “The safety and effectiveness of QVAR REDIHALER for the maintenance treatment of asthma as prophylactic therapy have been established in pediatric patients aged 4 years and older.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA QVAR RediHaler · 8.5

  “In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialUse with caution

  Label has advice on pregnancy testing, contraception or fertility for females and males. FDA QVAR RediHaler · 8.3

  “Impairment of fertility was observed in rats and dogs at oral doses of beclomethasone dipropionate corresponding to 250 and 25 times the MRHDID for adults on a mg/m 2 basis, respectively.”