The name of the combination between 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.
The alternative to DuoNeb is Combivent Respimat, Albuterol, Tiotropium/olodaterol (Stiolto) and Budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort).
DuoNeb has been discontinued as the brand name.
However DuoNeb is still available under the names of ipratropium and albuterol.
Because the brand name Duoneb has been discontinued, the ipratropium/albuterol solution is only available as a generic.
Combivent Respimat is an inhaler that's used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults.
DuoNeb or ipratropium/albuterol is inhaled through a nebulizer and most often 4 times a day.
Side effects of ipratropium/albuterol include chest pain, lung problems and sore throat.
DuoNeb is a medication that combines ipratropium and albuterol to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
DuoNeb works by opening your airways and reducing inflammation in your lungs to help you breathe.
The DuoNeb medication or ipratropium/albuterol comes as a nebulizer.
Nebulizers make a liquid into an aerosol that you breathe in through your mouth and nose.
DuoNeb is long acting and is used regularly to open your airways and keep the airways open.