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Small Drug Uses: Ventolin (Albuterol/Salbutamol) is used to treat asthma and other chest illnesses.

How Taken: To treat asthma symptoms such as wheezing, breathlessness and tightness in your chest, a usual dose is:

• Adults: One or two puffs to relieve symptoms or two puffs 10-15 minutes before exercise or exposure to a trigger.
• Children: One or two puffs to relieve symptoms or 10-15 minutes before exercise or exposure to a trigger.

• Adults and children: Two puffs up to 4 times a day.

Warnings Precautions: Do not exceed the dose of Ventolin that your doctor has prescribed you to use.

If your inhaler doesn't relieve wheezing or chest tightness as well as usual, or for as long as usual, or you need to use it more often than usual, you should consult your doctor as soon as possible. It may be that your asthma or COPD is getting worse and your doctor might need to give you another medicine. The same applies if you are taking Ventolin by mouth or nebuliser and it doesn't seem to be working as well.

Inhalers may cause an unexpected increase in wheezing (paradoxical bronchospasm) straight after using them. If this happens, stop using the inhaler immediately and consult your doctor. The medicine should be stopped and an alternative treatment found.

People with severe asthma should have regular blood tests to monitor the amount of potassium in their blood. This is because low oxygen levels in the blood (hypoxia) and various asthma medicines, including this one, can lower blood potassium levels.

More Information: Ventolin should not be taken with beta-blockers, such as atenolol, propranolol or timolol. This is because beta-blockers have an opposite action to this medicine and cause the airways to narrow. This can result in breathing difficulties for people with asthma or COPD. This problem has sometimes been seen with eye drops containing beta-blockers, eg. used for glaucoma.

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