You should not take albuterol when you're pregnant or trying to become pregnant are are allergic to albuterol or other similar medications, foods, dyes or preservatives or if you have thyroid disease or seizures.
You should also only take albuterol when you need to as a rescue medication and not for regular use to control the symptoms.
Too much albuterol can make the asthma worse and lead to more frequent asthma attacks.
It's considered overuse of albuterol when you use albuterol more than twice a week or use the entire albuterol canister within 1 month as albuterol is a quick relief medication.
Albuterol is intended to be for rescue or quick relief use which means it's meant to be used only when asthma or other breathing problems appear suddenly and is not meant for long term asthma or breathing problem control.
Using albuterol more than two times a week or using an entire albuterol inhaler up within a month is a sign of overuse of the albuterol.
The dangers of albuterol overuse are worsening of asthma, increased heart rate and increased blood pressure and even death in severe overdose cases of albuterol.
Overusing albuterol when you have asthma can make your asthma worse and lead to more frequent asthma attacks.
Albuterol overuse can also cause an irregular or rapid heartbeat and lead to high blood pressure.
Overuse of albuterol can also cause nervousness, shaking, nausea, headache, and or dizziness and can also lower potassium levels in your blood and lead to heart issues.
In rare cases overuse of albuterol may also cause paradoxical bronchospasm which causes a tightening of your airways instead of opening the airways.
Albuterol relaxes the lungs and is a bronchodilator which works by relaxing your muscles in your airways and makes it easier for you to breathe.
Albuterol relaxes the smooth muscles around your airways, which allows them to widen and makes it easier for air to flow in and out of your lungs.
Albuterol is commonly used in treating conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, and asthma as well as preventing breathing problems that are caused by exercise.
Albuterol is inhaled through an inhaler or through a nebulizer although albuterol can also be taken as a liquid or tablet medication.
Albuterol may cause side effects such as throat irritation, cough and or sinus headache.
A doctor may order albuterol and ipratropium together to help control symptoms of lung diseases like chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma as well as to treat air flow blockages and prevent worsening of COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in people that need another medication.
You can use your albuterol inhaler up to 4 times in one day.
The amount of albuterol that is too much in a day is more than 32 mg per day.
The length of time you have to wait between puffs of albuterol inhaler is 1 minute between puffs.
The reason you rinse your mouth after albuterol is so that any of the albuterol medicine which is stuck in your mouth or throat is cleared away which prevents such effects like sore throat or oral thrush.
You should rinse your mouth after using albuterol inhaler or any other inhaler.
After you finish your dose of albuterol you should rinse your mouth with some water and spit the water out.
Albuterol can in some cases make cough worse by causing paradoxical bronchospasms which can become life threatening.
Albuterol does help stop coughing and wheezing and trouble breathing by increasing your flow of air through your bronchial tubes.
One puff of albuterol is enough for some people although some people may need 2 puffs of albuterol for relief.
If one puff provides relief for you then that is all you should take if you want too.
You should not take 4 puffs of albuterol in a single dose though and should wait around 4 or more hours between the 4 puffs of albuterol.
It is OK to use Ventolin everyday if you need too as long as you don't take more than 4 pumps or puffs of Ventolin in a 24 hour period.
You can take up to 4 pumps of Ventolin in a 24 hour period and 1 to 2 pumps of Ventolin as needed but no more than 4 pumps of Ventolin in a 24 hour period.
The side effects of too much Ventolin are dizziness, cough, nausea, changes in taste, throat irritation and dryness, headache and shaking or tremors and nervousness.
Ventolin also known as albuterol can sometimes raise your blood pressure although it's rare for your blood pressure to raise when taking Ventolin or albuterol.
If you do experience high blood pressure while you take Ventolin or albuterol then it should go back down within 2 to 6 hours.
If you become dizzy or lightheaded or the blood pressure does not go down go to urgent care or the emergency room.
Ventolin can cause anxiety and make anxiety worse in some people.
Ventolin also known as Albuterol does not make you sleepy or cause drowsiness.
Ventolin is an inhaler used to treat wheezing and shortness of breath that is caused by breathing problems.
Ventolin also known as albuterol belongs to a drug class called bronchodilators.
You cannot get ventolin over the counter as ventolin which is also albuterol inhaler medication is only available by a doctors prescription.
Ventolin and albuterol are the same thing and the same medications and Albuterol is the generic name of the medication and Ventolin is one of the brand names.
Albuterol is good for pulmonary hypertension as albuterol can improve pulmonary vascular reserve in people with HFpEF without worsening the left heart congestion.