Formoterol and Aclidinium Interaction

Drug interaction information between Formoterol and Aclidinium.

Formoterol and Aclidinium have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Formoterol and Aclidinium. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Formoterol

Long-Acting Beta-2 Agonist (LABA)

Drug B

Aclidinium

Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist (LAMA)

How They Interact

These drugs can increase the effects on your heart and blood vessels. This might cause your heart to beat too fast or raise your blood pressure.

FDA Label Information

May potentiate effect of formoterol fumarate on cardiovascular system. ( 7.6 ) 7.1 Adrenergic Drugs If additional adrenergic drugs are to be administered by any route, they should be used with caution because the sympathetic effects of formoterol, a component of DUAKLIR PRESSAIR, may be potentiated [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7) ] . 7.2 Xanthine Derivatives, Steroids Concomitant treatment with xanthine derivatives, or steroids may potentiate any hypokalemic effect of beta-adrenergic agonists such as formoterol, a component of DUAKLIR PRESSAIR.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Formoterol + Aclidinium?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair moderate. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Formoterol has 3 labeled pairs on file vs Aclidinium's 1. In the moderate band specifically: Formoterol has 3 (also Budesonide/Formoterol, Glycopyrrolate/Formoterol); Aclidinium has 1.

What mechanism field is on file for Formoterol and Aclidinium?

These drugs can increase the effects on your heart and blood vessels. This might cause your heart to beat too fast or raise your blood pressure.

Formoterol's labeled portfolio outnumbers Aclidinium

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Formoterol (Long-Acting Beta-2 Agonist (LABA)); Aclidinium (Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist (LAMA)).

Formoterol

0 major · 3 moderate · 0 minor · 3 total

Aclidinium

0 major · 1 moderate · 0 minor · 1 total

Aclidinium has no other moderate-band peer in this dataset besides Formoterol.

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.