No, Incruse Ellipta isn’t a steroid. Instead, Incruse Ellipta belongs to a class of medications called anticholinergics. (A medication class is a group of drugs that work in the same way.) These drugs work by relaxing your airways, which makes it easier for you to breathe.
But sometimes, Incruse Ellipta is used along with steroid medications to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Examples of inhaled COPD medications that contain a steroid include:
formoterol/budesonide (Symbicort)
formoterol/mometasone (Dulera)
salmeterol/fluticasone (Advair)
vilanterol/fluticasone furoate (Breo Ellipta)
If you have questions about whether you need to take use steroids to treat your COPD, talk with your doctor.