Re: Xopenex

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What is xopenex? I haven't a clue. Sharon in Westminster

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I haven't looked at the chemisty behind them (I will now, I'm a nerd

too :-) but from what I have read about xopenex, it closely related

to albuterol (possibly 2nd generation, I'll see what I can find).

Brit

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> Hey guys... well guess what i'm finaly almost in conroll of my

asthma

> again after 3 weeks. We doubled my advair dose to the 500/50 and I

> started on xopenex, this suff rocks. Ok one xopenex tx lasted

longer

> than an albuterol neb tx, like twice as long. I was taking

albuterol

> nebs every 4-5 hours. The xopenex ones only one every 6-8 hours.

I'm

> finaly able to breath again. This is soo cool!!! (plus it taste

better

> than albuerol and defenitly better than atrovent (yuck!!!). I

guess i

> was also having nasal allergies, i didn't notice though, i guess an

> itchy nose gets put aside when you cant breat lol. So they put me

on

> flovent for that, which has helped i guess... i can live with an

itchy

> nose.

>

> I did have a question for any of you guys. I was wondering is

zopenex

> like albuterol, kinda like how zyrtec is like hydroxizine (2nd

> geration). Ok i know nerdy question but i was just wondering.

Thanks

> everyone.

>

> Nicki and Tena (service dog)

>

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Hi My name is Lin and i just wanted to comment on the xopenex... my son was taking it... it's the same thing as albuterol but with no side effects.... it doesnt give you the jiggerty feeling and nervousness... just to let u know... Lin from pittsburgh briley91782 wrote: I haven't looked at the chemisty behind them (I will now, I'm a nerd too :-) but from what I have read about xopenex, it closely related to albuterol (possibly 2nd generation, I'll see what I can find). Brit>> Hey guys... well guess what i'm finaly almost in conroll of my asthma> again after 3 weeks. We doubled

my advair dose to the 500/50 and I> started on xopenex, this suff rocks. Ok one xopenex tx lasted longer> than an albuterol neb tx, like twice as long. I was taking albuterol> nebs every 4-5 hours. The xopenex ones only one every 6-8 hours. I'm> finaly able to breath again. This is soo cool!!! (plus it taste better> than albuerol and defenitly better than atrovent (yuck!!!). I guess i> was also having nasal allergies, i didn't notice though, i guess an> itchy nose gets put aside when you cant breat lol. So they put me on> flovent for that, which has helped i guess... i can live with an itchy> nose. > > I did have a question for any of you guys. I was wondering is zopenex> like albuterol, kinda like how zyrtec is like hydroxizine (2nd> geration). Ok i know nerdy question but i was just wondering. Thanks> everyone. > > Nicki and Tena

(service dog)>

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xopenex is for the nebulizer... its just like albuterol but with no side effects... Lin from pittsburgh pa psychoratzilla@... wrote: What is xopenex? I haven't a clue. Sharon in Westminster

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it taste better than albuterol too... although albuterol didn't really

taste bad to begin with. I've noticed it works better... like when my

attack started ( was a pretty bad w/in 5 min) That stuff started

working pretty fast. All i really remember is them saying that my

color was better... which freaked me out, i didn't panic but i was

like dang what was it like before lol. ~ Nicki and Tena (SD)

What is xopenex? I haven't a clue.

Sharon in Westminster

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so u all think this works better than albuterol and atrovent? i was

switched from albuterol to duoneb which contains both for the neb.

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I haven't tried xopenex, but I am a huge fan of duoneb. It works

better then plain albuterol for night attacks. I don't usually wake up

again with symptoms. I shake a lot from it though :-(

Brit

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> so u all think this works better than albuterol and atrovent? i

was

> switched from albuterol to duoneb which contains both for the neb.

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I've had xopenex and atrovent together. That worked really good.

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> so u all think this works better than albuterol and atrovent? i was

> switched from albuterol to duoneb which contains both for the neb.

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i take that and it helps with not adding to my migraines

melissa

I thought I would add to the topic. Xopenex is a short-acting beta-agonist used to treat bronchospasm. Xopenex is a chemically re-engineered form on albuterol. By removing the (S)-isomer from racemic albuterol, Sepracor Inc. has developed XOPENEX. They did this to reduce the heart related side effects of albuterol. Matt Anders, RRT, AE-CRegistered Respiratory TherapistCertified Asthma Educator