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Inhaled steroid + long-acting bronchodilator

Fluticasone / salmeterol

Sold as Advair, Wixela. Asthma and COPD — daily control, not rescue.

What it should cost to fill

StrengthCash priceWith a discount card
100/50 mcg — 60 doses$80 – $400$35 – $160
250/50 mcg — 60 doses$90 – $450$40 – $180
500/50 mcg — 60 doses$110 – $520$50 – $210

Typical retail ranges, not quotes. What you are charged depends on the pharmacy and on how the claim is processed — which is exactly why it is worth asking.

Where the money goes

What else there is

Not recommendations. The tradeoff matters more than the name, and it is the part a prescriber will want to talk about.

Wixela InhubDifferent class

The authorised generic of Advair. Same medicine and device mechanism, often less than half the price.

Budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort) and its genericSame class

A comparable combination inhaler. Which one is affordable depends on your plan’s formulary rather than on the drug.

Worth asking

Before you change anything.