Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Marty - albuterol Thanks, Marty. I can't figure it, either. Does anybody have an explanation of why one brand of albuterol works for them, yet not another brand? Isn't it the same exact thing? Alana > > Ventolin didn't help me, either--yet proventil did. Go figure. --marty > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 For years I would tell my doctors that I could only use the Proventil inhaler and not a regular albuterol inhaler. They would " humor " me while telling me they were the exact same thing. This would annoy me because I think I would know that when I took regular albuterol my heart would race and I would feel shaky and that did not happen with the Proventil inhaler! Now I think it probably had something to do with the propellant. Even so, I would still get the shaky/racing heart thing if I use albuterol in my nebulizer but not if I use Xopenex so I always use that. > > > > Ventolin didn't help me, either--yet proventil did. Go figure. --marty > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 For years I would tell my doctors that I could only use the Proventil inhaler and not a regular albuterol inhaler. They would " humor " me while telling me they were the exact same thing. This would annoy me because I think I would know that when I took regular albuterol my heart would race and I would feel shaky and that did not happen with the Proventil inhaler! Now I think it probably had something to do with the propellant. Even so, I would still get the shaky/racing heart thing if I use albuterol in my nebulizer but not if I use Xopenex so I always use that. > > > > Ventolin didn't help me, either--yet proventil did. Go figure. --marty > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 For years I would tell my doctors that I could only use the Proventil inhaler and not a regular albuterol inhaler. They would " humor " me while telling me they were the exact same thing. This would annoy me because I think I would know that when I took regular albuterol my heart would race and I would feel shaky and that did not happen with the Proventil inhaler! Now I think it probably had something to do with the propellant. Even so, I would still get the shaky/racing heart thing if I use albuterol in my nebulizer but not if I use Xopenex so I always use that. > > > > Ventolin didn't help me, either--yet proventil did. Go figure. --marty > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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