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meds with steroids

I have wet macular degeneration as well as COPD and my ophthamalogist theorizes that the weird "blisters" that are appearing at the site of the oozing veins may be caused by the steroid content of my asthma medication ( namely Spiriva). So he has asked me to change to something that doesn't contain any steroids. My pulmonologist has suggested I add floridil to my albuterol nebulizer. I want to make sure neither contain any steroids and I also want to find out which rescue inhaler is safe for me to use.Thank you. Annie
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Spiriva does NOT contain any steroids!   Common COPD inhalers that contain steroids are  Advair, Symbicort, Breo and Dulera. Spiriva is a LAMA anticholenergic
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