COMBIVENT MDI will be discontinued in canadian market soon ....

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Submitted by Sailaja Byrisetty on Tue, 03/20/2007 - 13:15.
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Hi friends! We all know that the production of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) was discontinued on 1 January 1996 for all uses deemed non-essential under the Montreal Protocol and the use of CFCs as propellants in pressurized metered dose inhalers (MDIs) was classed as essential. The hydrofluoroalkanes (HFA) 134a and 227 were identified as the only suitable replacements for CFC propellants in MDIs.

Hi friends! We all know that the production of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) was discontinued on 1 January 1996 for all uses deemed non-essential under the Montreal Protocol and the use of CFCs as propellants in pressurized metered dose inhalers (MDIs) was classed as essential. The hydrofluoroalkanes (HFA) 134a and 227 were identified as the only suitable replacements for CFC propellants in MDIs.

Two days ago we have received a news from our pharmacy Bulletin Board (Canada, Ontario)  that, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. is no longer producing COMBIVENT Metered Dose Inhaler (Ipratropium bromide/salbutamol sulfate) 200 metered doses.  Combivent MDI is a CFC containing MDI and will be discontinued in accordance with the Montreal Protocol. They also mentioned that there is no HFA alternative to Combivent available in Canadian market.