# Have you switched from Spireva to Incruse Ellipta ?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-from-spireva-to-incruse-ellipta/737940 "2015-11-19T01:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-from-spireva-to-incruse-ellipta/737940/1 "2015-11-19T01:13:32Z")

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My insurance company wants to force a switch from Spireva to Incruse Ellipta . Have you experienced anything reportable? How did your co-pay compare? Just curious.

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-from-spireva-to-incruse-ellipta/737940/2 "2015-11-24T23:04:34Z")

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It appears to be a medicare related move.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-from-spireva-to-incruse-ellipta/737940/3 "2015-11-25T05:39:22Z")

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> [@janeslogin](#):
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> My insurance company wants to force a switch from Spireva to Incruse Ellipta . Have you experienced anything reportable? How did your co-pay compare? Just curious.

For those of us who have no idea what you’re talking about, it sounds like Spireva and Incruse Ellipta are either fonts, specialized anatomical terms, or ingredients used in a Potions class at Hogwarts.

Would you be willing to tell us a little more about Spireva and Incruse Ellipta are?

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-from-spireva-to-incruse-ellipta/737940/4 "2015-11-25T07:24:07Z")

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Inhalers for COPD. Haven’t you seen the Grandpa talking about huffing and puffing?

All I know is, don’t take Spireva if you’re allergic to Spireva.