Budesonide is not any stronger than albuterol but they work differently than each other.
Budesonide is a steroid medication which reduces swelling in your airways and albuterol is a bronchodilator which relaxes and opens your air passages in your lungs.
You should take the albuterol first and then take the budesonide 5 minutes after the albuterol.
When taking albuterol and budesonide nebulizer treatments you should wait 5 minutes between treatments.
You can also put albuterol and budesonide in the nebulizer as they are compatible and can safely be mixed and used together.
You can use your budesonide nebulizer once or twice a day and take 1 to 2 puffs once or twice a day.
Your doctor may tell you to take more than 2 puffs at a time from the budesonide nebulizer if needed.
You should also ideally use the budesonide nebulizer around the same time each day.
When using albuterol and budesonide you can take them as far apart as needed although most doses of albuterol and budesonide are taken as far apart as every 4 hours to 6 hours but it can be taken as needed.
For best results you should wait at least 60 seconds between puffs.
You should take 2 puffs of albuterol and budesonide as needed to treat your symptoms although you should not take more than 12 inhalations of albuterol and budesonide in a 24 hour period.
Drugs that Cannot be taken with budesonide are cyclosporine, Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune and other drugs that suppress the immune system, Erythromycin, medicine that is used for HIV or AIDS like saquinavir, indinavir or ritonavir.
Other drugs that cannot be taken with budesonide are medications used for treatment of fungal infections like itraconazole or ketoconazole.
Budesonide is often combined with other medications such as albuterol, glycopyrrolate, formoterol or even ipratropium.
You can mix albuterol and ipratropium bromide in a nebulizer as they are compatible and can safely be mixed together.
You can also mix albuterol and budesonide in breathing treatment as they are chemically compatible and can safely be mixed.
The use of budesonide and albuterol are also combined and used to treat and prevent wheezing, chest tightness, coughing, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.
You can take ipratropium bromide and albuterol sulfate nebulizer up to 4 times a day but if you need 2 additional treatments you can take the ipratropium bromide and albuterol sulfate nebulizer for a total of 6 times a day.
Adults use one milliliter vial in the nebulizer 4 times a day which is the typical dose.
Albuterol and ipratropium are given together as they work better together to prevent and help control wheezing, chest tightness, coughing and difficulty breathing.
Albuterol and ipratropium are used to help control symptoms of lung diseases like chronic bronchitis, asthma and emphysema and can also be used to treat air flow blockages and prevent worsening of COPD in people who need another medication.
The name of the nebulizer with ipratropium and albuterol is Combivent.
Combivent is a quick relief medication that relaxes your muscles around your airways which helps open the airways in the lungs.
Combivent is an aerosol and is given through a nebulizer or metered dose inhaler.
Combivent Respimat is an inhaler that's used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults.
Combivent Respimat contains two active drug ingredients: ipratropium and albuterol. Ipratropium and albuterol are available as a generic drug used to treat COPD.
However, the generic drug is in a different form than Combivent Respimat, which comes as an inhaler.
Both Combivent Respimat Inhalation Spray and DuoNeb Inhalant Solution contain the same medications, i.e., ipratropium and albuterol.
However, Combivent Respimat is an inhaler device that sprays the medicine into your mouth for inhalation into the lungs.
The brand name product DuoNeb has since been discontinued.