Table 1.

Marketed inhaled antibiotics

Drug formulation/brand name	Inhalation device	Dose and posology
Aztreonam lysine IS (Cayston®)	Altera®	75 mg TID (on–off cycles)
Colistin IS
Colomycin®	Variable	2,000,000 IU BID/TID
Promixin®	I-neb ADD®	1,000,000 IU BID
Colistin IP (Colobreathe®)	Turbospin®	1,662,500 IU BID
Tobramycin IS		300 mg BID (on–off cycles)
TOBI®	Pari LC Plus®
Bramitob®	Pari LC Plus®
Tobramycin IP (TOBI Podhaler®)	Podhaler® (T-326)	112 mg BID (on–off cycles) (four capsules, 28 mg)

Note: On–off cycles: 28 days on/28 days off.

Abbreviations: IS, inhalation solution; TID, three times a day; BID, twice a day; IP, inhalation powder.