Asthma and breathing
Daily asthma controller medication and your FAA medical
Inhaled corticosteroid, inhaled long-acting beta agonist, or a combination inhaler of the two
Other names: fluticasone inhaler, Flovent, budesonide inhaler, Pulmicort, Advair, Symbicort
The FAA documents quoted here name the class, not this medication. Crosscheck matched it through its class: Inhaled corticosteroid, inhaled long-acting beta agonist, or a combination inhaler of the two.
The FAA's asthma table sends intermittent or mild persistent asthma to its CACI – Asthma Worksheet, which it says requires a current, detailed clinical progress note and spirometry.
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If the pilot meets all CACI worksheet criteria and is otherwise qualified, the examiner can issue with no time limitation. The worksheet's acceptable medications are one or more of an inhaled long-acting beta agonist, an inhaled short-acting beta agonist (for example albuterol), an inhaled corticosteroid and a leukotriene receptor antagonist (for example montelukast); it says monoclonal antibodies are not acceptable for CACI.
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B. Intermittent or mild persistent See the CACI -Asthma Worksheet. This requires a current, detailed Clinical Progress Note and spirometry. If the pilot meets all CACI worksheet criteria and is otherwise qualified: If the pilot meets all CACI worksheet criteria and is otherwise qualified, ISSUE With no time limitation
Acceptable Medications
NOT acceptable for CACI:
Monoclonal antibodies
One or more of the following
Inhaled long-acting beta agonist
Inhaled short-acting beta agonist (e.g., albuterol)
Inhaled corticosteroid
leukotriene receptor antagonist, (e.g. montelukast [Singulair])