Nebulization
with albuterol is helpful in treating AP.
Yes, but possible interactions may occur
with albuterol (Ventolin), anesthetic agents, cimetidine, epinephrine, furosemide, hydralazine, insulin, metaproterenol, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (ex.
Not exact matches
Parents of children
with asthma who begin wheezing usually know to give a bronchodilator, reliever, or quick relief medication, like
albuterol or Xopenex.
Animals displaying clinical signs were quarantined and aggressively treated by veterinarians
with supplemental oxygen, anti-inflammatory medications, bronchodilators (nebulized
albuterol), broad - spectrum antibiotics, and antivirals (oseltamivir and / or ribavirin).
In Chicago, my kids were using once - a-day Singulair pills; an inhaler for corticosteroids, like Flovent, to fight underlying lung inflammation; and the occasional inhaler
with a bronchodilator, such as
albuterol, to open up airways if they were coughing or having other symptoms.
I was put on various medications, including Advair, Spiriva, and
albuterol inhalers, and after a bout
with pneumonia in 2004, I was put on oxygen 24/7.
However, most mild asthma attacks should respond to treatment
with an inhaler or nebulizer containing a bronchodilator, known as rescue medication (the best - known bronchodilator is called
albuterol).
To help clear your dogs chest of mucus and secretions your veterinarian may recommend fluid therapy to maintain optimal hydration, airway humidification
with a nebulizer or vaporizer and bronchodilation (using the medications theophylline, terbutaline, or
albuterol to open the bronchial tubes).
If your dog is in distress and your veterinarian has ruled out anything more serious than kennel cough, the pet may feel better
with aerosolized (nebulized) compounds that dilate the lungs (ipratropium, Atrovent, aminophylline,
albuterol) or that loosen and break up mucus.
Smoke inhalation in dogs is thankfully uncommon but is very severe when it does occur; the mainstay of treatment is supportive and symptomatic care which may include oxygen supplementation, hydroxocobalamin (in case cyanide compounds were inhaled),
albuterol (for bronchodilation) along
with other care as needed (fluids etc...).
When owners are faced
with a serious flare - up, inhaled
albuterol (aka Salbutamol), given during the emergency — but not as an every day medication — is probably most commonly used.
Albuterol relieves the cough associated
with asthma.
Nebulizer treatments
with either saline and / or
albuterol can help prevent recurrence of aspiration pneumonia in pets
with megaesophagus, pneumonia or bronchitis, and may be helpful in managing laryngeal paralysis by helping to clear aspirated debris from the lungs.
Following the
albuterol, use the nebulizer
with 2 — 3 cc of sterile saline.