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Below are Albuterol reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Albuterol review by 42 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | asthma |
| Dosage & duration: | | one inhalation (dosage frequency: as needed) for the period of over 20 years |
| Other conditions: | | allergies |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Having had asthma since I was a child, I have been using various medications for a long time. Thankfully I do not need to use albuterol daily, as I know some people do, but I use it as needed when I am experiencing an asthma attach. This happens on average once a month, less in warmer months, more during the winder.
As far as being effective albuterol, and the name brand inhaler is the best, and to my knowledge, still the only small inhaler that really works. I'm sure it has saved lives. With one inhalation I am able to breath again within minutes, this is even if I am having a bad attack, and am really strugling. So it is very effective |
| Side effects: | | But, when I use albuterol I experience mild chest pains afterward. Not immediately, but typically later that day or the next. They don't last long, just a sharp pain or two, but it does occur fairly often. In my case, since I don't use albuterol regularly, it's well worth it. |
| Comments: | | Inhalation, pump spray |
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| | Albuterol review by 64 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | bronkitis |
| Dosage & duration: | | 2 mg taken twice daily for the period of 15 days |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | there were very few side effects plus after 3 days I was able to breath again. It did take at least seven days before I could breath properly all the time. I did finish all the medication as my dr. prescribed. |
| Side effects: | | I had dry mouth that no amount of liquid intake appeased and I had trouble sleeping but Im not sure that was the medication or the fact that I had a problem breathing which could keep me up. |
| Comments: | | I was to take a pill in the morning and the evening. It did not matter if I ate food or not. however, I was feeling dry both in my body and in my mouth. I was not sleeping well. |
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| | Albuterol review by 52 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | asthma |
| Dosage & duration: | | one or two inhalations (dosage frequency: once a year or two, in recent years) for the period of for years |
| Other conditions: | | rosacea, GERD |
| Other drugs taken: | | metrocream | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Opened lungs when breathing was difficult. |
| Side effects: | | Stimulating--very. |
| Comments: | | I used an asthma inhaler frequently as a child. I think it was albuterol, although it is hard to be certain.
In my forties, I had a recurrence of asthma. The pharmacist and my doctor both said NOT to use the over-the-counter inhalers. I did try one, and it was MUCH more heart-poundingly stimulating than albuterol. Dangerous for someone with heart problems, but difficulty breathing would be dangerous as well.
At some point, I got a generic albuterol inhaler and found it much less effective than the Ventolin brand. My doctor said that other patients had told her the same thing.
I rarely need it now, maybe only once every two years. But I try to keep one with me at all times because when I need it, I really need it. I take long walks down and up a hill and if I had an attack at the bottom of the hill I would be in trouble.
It is almost magic, though--one minute it takes a great exertion to breathe and I feel like I am suffocating--then I inhale Ventolin and my bronchial tubes open right up. It is a lifesaver.
As a child and teenager I did not mind the slight "rush," I even liked it. Part of that rush may be caused by the deep exhalation and inhalation required to properly ingest the drug. |
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