Adrenergic bronchodilators are medication that are breathed in through the mouth to open up the bronchial tubes - air passages of the lungs. Some of these medication are using to treat the symptoms of asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other lung diseases, while others are using to prevent the symptoms.
Salmeterol is a long-acting bronchodilator that is using with anti-inflammatory medication to prevent asthma attacks Salmeterol is various from the other adrenergic bronchodilators because it does not act quickly enough to relieve an asthma attack that has already started .
Some of these medication are also breathed in through the mouth to prevent bronchospasm - wheezing or difficulty in breathing causing by exercise. Always epinephrine may be using in the treat of croup.
All of these medication, except some epinephrine preparations, are available only with your family doctor's prescription. Although some of the epinephrine preparations are available without a prescription, your family doctor may have special instructions on the proper dose of epinephrine for your medical condition.
These medication are available in the following dosage forms:
Some commonly using brand names are:
In the USA
Bitolterol was withdrawn from the USA market by Elan Pharmaceuticals in November 2001.
# Salmeterol xinafoate with chlorofluorocarbons - CFCs as an inhalation aerosol was voluntarily withdrawn from the USA market by GlaxoSmithKline on 06/2003.
In Canada
Other commonly using names are:
For quick reference, the following adrenergic bronchodilators are numbered to match the corresponding brand names.
This information applies to the following medication: 1. Albuterol - al-BYOO-ter-ole 2. Bitolterol - bye-TOLE-ter-ole*† 3. Epinephrine - ep-i-NEF-rin 4. Fenoterol - fen-OH-ter-ole* 5. Formoterol - for-MOH-ter-ol 6. Isoetharine - eye-soe-ETH-a-reen† 7. Isoproterenol - eye-soe-proe-TER-e-nole 8. Metaproterenol - met-a-proe-TER-e-nole 9. Pirbuterol - peer-BYOO-ter-ole 10. Procaterol - proe-KAY-ter-ole* 11. Salmeterol# - sal-ME-te-role* 12. Terbutaline - ter-BYOO-ta-leen * Not commercially available in the USA † Not commercially available in Canada Generic name product may be available in the USA Generic name product may be available in Canada* Not commercially available in the USA