Table 2.

—Drugs Available for Each Device in the United States¹⁰

Drug Class	MDI	BA-MDI	Nebulizer	DPI
SABA	Albuterol	Pirbuterol	Albuterol	None
	Levalbuterol		Isoproterenol
	Pirbuterol		Levalbuterol
			Metaproterenol
Short-acting anticholinergic	Ipratropium	None	Ipratropium	None
SABA/anticholinergic combination	Albuterol/ipratropium	None	Albuterol/ipratropium	None
LABA	None	None	Arformoterol	Formoterol
			Formoterol	Salmeterol
Long-acting anticholinergic	None	None	None	Tiotropium
ICS	Beclomethasone	None	Budesonide	Budesonide
	Ciclesonide			Fluticasone
	Flunisolide			Mometasone
	Fluticasone
	Triamcinolone
ICS/LABA combination	Budesonide/formoterol	None	None	Fluticasone/salmeterol
	Fluticasone/salmeterol
	Mometasone/formoterol

ICS = inhaled corticosteroid; LABA = long-acting β-agonist; SABA = short-acting β-agonist. See Table 1 for expansion of other abbreviations.