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Doctor insights on: Side Effects Of Albuterol Nebulizer

Side effects albuter: Palpitation lasting for fewminutes, nervousness, tremors, irritability. With inhalers you may get throat irritation, headache and vomiting. Sometimes dry mouth and padoxial bronchospasm
most of the time the side effects are mild and short lived. ...Read more

Side effects albuter: Palpitation lasting for fewminutes, nervousness, tremors, irritability. With inhalers you may get throat irritation, headache and vomiting. Sometimes dry mouth and padoxial bronchospasm
most of the time the side effects are mild and short lived. ...Read more

Short: These are short acting drugs with low half lives (ie the time it takes to clear the drug from the body). It would be rare to have symptoms that persist longer than six hours after dosing the albuterol. ...Read more

Bronchodilator: Albuterol is a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs, it is used for treatment of asthma along with anti inflammatory. Side effects allergic reaction which is rare but reported causes swelling of the face, hives, difficulty in breathing. Other side effects are tremors, nervousness., seizures, worsening of bronchi spasm, pounding heart beat, low pottasium. ...Read more

Albuterol: These are the same drug. Levoalbuterol may have less side effects (also called xopenex), but for most people is the same. ...Read more

It can cause. ..: It can cause palpitations, a more rapid heart rate, and rarely an irregular heart beat. Some people report anxiety, but it is temporary. Generally, very safe! ...Read more

Albuterol: Jitteriness, tremors and racing heart.

Jitters: Usually, it can make your heart beat faster (often not noticed if having problems breathing), cause temporary jitters/tremors, and make you feel a little anxious. Other symptoms would be less common. ...Read more

Several mild ones: Most people tolerate albuterol well. The most common side effects are restlessness, irritability and nervousness. The side effects can increase with the dose taken. Less common is tremor and increased heart rate. ...Read more

Long time: All bronchodilators and decongestants as well as caffeine can cause this. Sometimes it resolves but often it doesn't. Reduce unnecessary caffeine and decongestant meds that are not prescribed. Discuss with your prescriber alternate meds such as singular, steroid inhalers or other meds that might not cause anxiety. ...Read more

Yes: An example is tolerance development. You may become less responsive to albuterol in the long run. Also, you will not be as well controlled between doses allowing for scarring and other complications of poorly treated asthma. If using albuterol more than a couple times per week, or if waking to use albuterol more than couple times per month; daily controller medication is needed. ...Read more

No side effect: There is no problem in taking both medications together. If the mucus pill has a decongestant, it will make your heart beat wild for a little while, as both albuterol and the decongestant can cause rapid heart beat. It should not be a probem at 21 years of age. ...Read more

Call your Doctor: This is a question, really for doctor. There are several options which may not cause such a reaction. But you did specify what exactly happened, so we can not give a specific answer. ...Read more

Several choices: A long acting bronchodilator in combination with an inhaler steroid, (prescription only), is probably the next step. An inhaled steroid might work as well. Other medicines, like Singular are also available ...Read more

Not sure t: If you're talking about the "jitteriness" with albuterol and aminophylline, this should diminish the longer you take them but on a routine basis. Prednisone is another story. Water retention, acne, weight gain is common but does not necessarily diminish with time. If it can be switched to a inhaled form, the side effects candiminish dramatically. ...Read more

Curious about why: The combo of zoloft and effexor (venlafaxine). Both can increase serotonin levels. Although we classically think of serotonergic syndrome occurring with highly serotonergic levels - sometimes the person can actually be on doses that are not that high. ...Read more

Probably not: What you described is more likely hyperventilation syndrome except for the itching. These drugs are more likely to cause tremor and occasionally muscle cramps and not the symptoms you have described. Uncontrolled asthma may cause hyperventilation which may cause the tingling and
"prickliness" sensation. Although allergy to steroid itself has been reported, it it mostly related to contact allergy ...Read more

Itching: Generalized itching without a rash can be seen with very dry skin, early allergic reactions, diabetes, prickly heat, or overactive thyroid. Allergy to albuterol would be unusual. For now, take an antihistamine like benadryl (causes drowsiness) or claritin (nondrowsy and drink adequate fluids. You may have to try discontinuing albuterol if itch persists. See your physician as needed. ...Read more

Some: Flovent is a cortisone type inhaler. Make sure to the child rinses his/her mouth after use since steroids may cause throat infections. Albuterol- rescue inhaler- may cause a little excitability, gitteriness, etc. Since the child is 7, make sure to use a spacer since hand-inhaling coordination is important to get drugs into the lungs. ...Read more

He'll be fine.: Rule #1: never give another child a patient's medications. Rule #2: if you do, let your pediatrician know. Rule #3: don't give the lungs medicine without listening to them first. Ok, now to answer your question, due to his bigger body weight/size, he can handle the little guy's dosing. You could have hit the nail on the head, and surmised correctly that he may have cough-variant asthma. Follow-up. ...Read more

Recommend: Advising your prescribing provider of this side effect. The provider can determine if this medication is the best option for you. Take care. ...Read more

Follow instructions: A patient should follow her doctor's instructions on taking medicine. Azithromycin (zithromax) is usually taken once a day for 5 days to treat certain types of infections. Albuterol comes in different forms, but the hand-held inhaler (metered-dose inhaler) is usually taken as 2 puffs by mouth, every 4 to 6 hours, when treating asthma-cough symptoms. Many doctors tailor drug dosing to each patient. ...Read more

Garcinia cambogia: The evidence for effectiveness of garcinia cambogia in weight loss is mixed. However, there are no direct interactions with the medications you're taking. This doesn't mean there would be none, just that there are none published. ...Read more

Albuterol: Nope. Not at all.

Yes: They are very different medications and have no interactions when used at the same time. ...Read more

Either one: When the inhaler is used properly with good technique, it can provide as much bronchodilation as a nebulizer dose. For those patients with poor coordination, the elderly or very young, the nebulizer may be easier to use. ...Read more

Usual dose: Albuterol is usually used at 0.083%.

The same: Many studies have been done comparing the two - almost all have shown equal efficacy but only when using a spacer for the inhaler - for people with bad lung disease or who can't coordinate a breath I either recommend a neb or a spacer. ...Read more

Not at those: Temperature levels if left for a few hours only. Best to wrap the vials in foil or keep in refrigerator/ice chest when traveling. ...Read more

No: You should not do this without express direction from your doctor. These medicines have side effects that are potentially dangerous in overdoses. Can increase heart work, raise blood pressure for example. ...Read more