Common Headache, Nausea, Dizziness, Dryness in mouth, Cough, Throat irritation.

Expert advice for Tiate Transhaler

Talk to your doctor if you suffer from increased eyeball pressure (glaucoma), prostate problems, have difficulty passing urine or suffer from kidney diseases.
Do not use tiotropium to treat a sudden attack of breathlessness in asthma or COPD.
Seek immediate medical attention if you develop allergic reactions such as rash, swelling and breathlessness after administration of tiotropium.
Do not allow the inhalation powder from capsule to enter your eye as this may worsen narrow angle glaucoma causing eye pain, blurred vision, seeing halos around lights, reddening of eyes etc.

Q. Is Tiate a steroid, an opiate, anticholinergic or narcotic?
Tiate is anticholinergic drug which opens the airways and makes it easier to get air in and out of the lungs, thereby relieving breathlessness. It doesn't contain steroid, opiate or narcotic components

Q. Is tiotropium the same as ipratropium?
Tiotropium is not same as ipratropium

Q. Is Tiate generic?
However, they belong to the same class, have the same mechanism of action, and act similarly to relieve breathlessness. Tiate is available in generic form

Q. Does Tiate cause weight gain?
Tiate is not known to cause weight gain

Q. Is Tiate LABA/LAMA?
Tiate is not a long acting beta agonist (LABA). It is a long acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) which acts on muscarinic receptors on the smooth muscles of airways, opens the airways and makes it easier to get air in and out of the lungs, thereby relieving breathlessness.