Ventolin works as quickly as 15 minutes of taking it.
The affects of the Ventolin often kick in within 15 minutes and last for up to 6 hours.
Most people take 1 to 2 puffs of Ventolin at the first sign of symptoms.
Those who Cannot take Ventolin are people younger than 4 years old or people that are allergic to albuterol.
Albuterol can also increase the risk of death or even hospitalization in people that have asthma although the risk in those with obstructive airway disease or COPD is not known.
A Ventolin inhaler is better than a tablet as the Ventolin inhaler works faster than Ventolin tablets and requires a smaller dose.
The Ventolin inhaler delivers the medication directly to your lungs so it can work faster than tablets which require passing through your stomach and your bloodstream.
Ventolin contains no steroids and contains the active ingredient of albuterol which is a sympathomimetic beta agonist bronchodilator which relaxes your smoothe muscle in your airways.
As a result the the airways being relaxed it allows air to flow in and out of your lungs more easily and makes it easier to breathe.
The VENTOLIN HFA inhaler has a dose counter which counts down each time a spray is released.
At any given time, the dose counter of the Ventolin inhaler shows how many sprays of albuterol are left in your inhaler.
Salbutamol also known as Ventolin, Asmol, and Airomir, which are commonly used for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other respiratory diseases are important reliever medicines.
These medicines are available over the counter without the need for a prescription from your doctor.
Do not use the Ventolin medicine together with other similar inhaled medicines, including isoproterenol (Isuprel), levalbuterol (Xopenex), metaproterenol (Alupent), pirbuterol (Maxair), or terbutaline (Brethaire).
Ventolin medicine may cause paradoxical bronchospasm, which means your breathing or wheezing will get worse.
You should not use Ventolin if you are allergic to albuterol.
The Ventolin inhaler is also not approved for use by anyone younger than 4 years old.