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A member asked:

Is it safe to use albuterol and symbicort (budesonide and formoterol) together? my wife was at her dr yesterday for wheezing caused by allergies and started the symbicort (budesonide and formoterol)

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Yes: Only use albuterol as breakthrough wheezing.

Answered 6/15/2014

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