Symbicort Turbohaler (100, 200 & 400)

Symbicort turbohalers are a prescription-only asthma treatment. For that reason, to ensure the safety of our patients and the legal operating of our pharmacy, we only supply a maximum of 2 inhalers at one time.

This allows us to balance offering our patients an adequate supply of treatment with regular checks on their condition, symptoms, and effectiveness of their treatment. This model ensures the perfect mix of convenience with optimal health and safety.

If you have no adverse effects and your asthma is well controlled, you can log in and easily re-order another supply.

Symbicort turbohalers contain two active ingredients: a corticosteroid called budesonide and a beta-2 agonist called formoterol fumarate dihydrate.

The medicine also contains inactive ingredients that are used to make up the inhalation – for more details please see the ‘Ingredients’ tab above.

This medicine works in two different ways.

The budesonide contained in the inhaler enters the lungs and restricts the body’s production of chemicals which cause inflammation. This eases your breathing problems and reduces your risk of an asthma attack.

Formoterol fumarate dihydrate causes muscles along the airway to relax and dilate. This relieves asthma symptoms and allows you to breathe more easily.

The long-acting relief from the formoterol fumarate dihydrate will take effect within a few days. The preventer effect from the budesonide may take up to two weeks to noticeably reduce inflammation, but this usually happens within a few days

Yes – although Symbicort provides some of the function of a reliever inhaler, this is a long-acting relief, which can take a few days to have an effect. You will still need to carry a blue reliever inhaler for quick-acting relief in emergency situations. However, you will likely need to use your relief inhaler less frequently if you are using Symbicort every day.

Yes – we understand that sometimes you will want your treatment as soon as possible. If ordered before 4pm Monday to Friday, Symbicort turbohalers are available for next-day delivery.

Yes – as long as you are buying from a website that is a legally operating and regulated pharmacy, it is perfectly safe to buy Symbicort turbohalers online.

The Independent Pharmacy is an NHS Online Pharmacy based in Bristol and has all the necessary regulation to be able to safely provide convenient access to genuine prescription treatments through our Online Pharmacy and Online Doctor.

There are many advantages to buying asthma treatments online, some include:

• It's quick and easy- there is no need to spend time at the doctor or pharmacy.
• Fast delivery- We offer same day dispatch before 4pm and fast delivery to your address of choice with Royal Mail.
• Great prices- we are able to offer very competitive prices and we guarantee to beat any other Online Doctor service.
• A wealth of information - we provide all the information you could need on Symbicort turbohalers and other asthma treatments, in easy to digest formats, at a time that suits you.

Symbicort turbohalers are available on the NHS from your GP if you have been diagnosed with asthma, exercise-induced wheezing or breathing problems due to allergens. This is normally where we suggest people start their treatment, to ensure that their condition is properly diagnosed and any possible serious symptoms are addressed.

Many people can find it difficult to fit in time to see their GP or hard to get an appointment at all! It can, therefore, be more convenient to order your treatment online and have it delivered to your home or work address with minimum fuss. We also provide complete support to allow you to get any questions answered by our professional team by phone, email or live chat.

Here at The Independent Pharmacy, we take the headache out of getting asthma treatment.