Adults with asthma typically start with two inhalations of Pulmicort 180 mcg Flexhaler twice a day. This eMedTV page also offers Pulmicort Flexhaler dosing guidelines for children ages six and older and discusses the use of the drug in young children.

Pulmicort (budesonide) is an inhaled corticosteroid and approved for the long-term treatment of asthma. Pulmicort comes as a dry powder inhaler (Pulmicort Flexhaler) and as a liquid suspension for use with a jet nebulizer (Pulmicort Respules).1,2 A double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled, 12-week trial of 621 patients (aged 18 to 80 years) with mild to moderate asthma randomized to PULMICORT FLEXHALER 180 mcg, budesonide via a different dry powder inhaler (DPI) 200 mcg, or placebo, each administered as 1 inhalation once daily, or 2 inhalations twice daily (BID). PULMICORT FLEXHALER is not a bronchodilator and should NOT be used to treat an acute asthma attack. If you are switching to PULMICORT FLEXHALER from an oral corticosteroid, follow your doctor's instructions to avoid serious health risks when you stop using oral corticosteroids. Use Pulmicort Flexhaler exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider. Do not use it more often or stop using it without first talking to your healthcare provider. Use Pulmicort Flexhaler on a regular basis. After each dose, rinse your mouth with water and spit it out. Do not swallow the water. PULMICORT FLEXHALER should be administered twice daily by the orally inhaled route only. After inhalation, the patient should rinse the mouth with water without swallowing [see Patient Counseling Information (17.1)].. Patients should be instructed to prime PULMICORT FLEXHALER prior to its initial use, and instructed to inhale deeply and forcefully each time the device is used. The Pulmicort Flexhaler device has a dose counter that shows how many doses are left inside. The dose-counter indicator may not appear to move until about 5 doses have been used. Do not use an extra do