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Expert & Community Posts
Can Asthma Medicines Be Used as "Performance Enchancers?"
By Fred Little , Health Expert...a performance enhancer. And if she could use the albuterol inhaler, why couldn't everyone? In... Read more »
Bye-Bye CFC Inhalers, Hello HFA Inhalers for COPD
By Jane M. Martin , Health Expert...problems. Will this affect me? If you currently use an Albuterol inhaler using a CFC... Read more »
New HFA Reliever Inhalers for Asthma- Things You Should Know
By James Thompson, MD , Health Expert...carriers for aerosol inhalers. Three new brands of albuterol are currently available as Proair... Read more »
Two Months to the Asthma Inhaler Changeover: What You Need to Know Now
By Romelia Walters , Health Expert...CFCs are harmful to the earth's ozone layer, all albuterol inhalers will now use... Read more »
The Inhaler Changeover
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertI knew it was coming: the change in my Albuterol rescue inhaler. I had gotten a letter from... Read more »
Health Guide
Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Quick-Relief Medications
...airflow and producing the characteristic wheezing sound.Specific short-acting beta2-agonists include:Albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin), called salbutamol outside the U.S., is the standard... Read more »Asthma Medications: Albuterol
...airflow and producing the characteristic wheezing sound.Specific short-acting beta2-agonists include:Albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin), called salbutamol outside the U.S., is the standard... Read more »Asthma in Adults: Long-Term Relief Medications
...may achieve better control of nighttime asthma. Formoterol works almost as fast as the short-acting albuterol and is sometimes used to treat asthma symptoms. Salmeterol should never be used for... Read more »Asthma Treatment in Children
...higher rate of hospitalizations and longer duration of symptoms than inhalers. If children must use an albuterol nebulizer, parents should be sure that it does not contain the preservative... Read more »Asthma Treatment
...NameBrand NamesAdministrationQuick-Relief Medications (control acute attacks)Short-Acting Beta-2 AgonistsAlbuterolProventil, Ventolin, AccuNebInhaler,... Read more »Images
Medications
Albuterol (also known as salbutamol) is used to treat wheezing and shortness of breath caused by... Read more »
Albuterol (also known as salbutamol) is used to treat wheezing and shortness of breath caused by... Read more »
...use, especially of: inhaled medications (e.g., albuterol) This document does not contain... Read more »
This product is a combination of 2 medications: albuterol (also known as salbutamol) and... Read more »
Albuterol (also known as salbutamol) is used to treat wheezing and shortness of breath caused by... Read more »
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Q&A: Parent seeks advice on asthma medications
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