Ipratropium and Albuterol (Inhalation-Local)

Brand Names : Combivent, DuoNeb, salbutamol

Category

• Bronchodilator

Description

Ipratropium (i-pra-TROE-pee-um) and albuterol (al-BYOO-ter-ol) combination is a bronchodilator (medicine that opens up narrowed breathing passages). It is taken by inhalation to help control the symptoms of lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema.

Ipratropium in combination with albuterol helps decrease coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and troubled breathing by increasing the flow of air into the lungs.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage form:

Inhalation
• Inhalation aerosol (U.S.)
• Inhalation solution (U.S.)

Brand Names

Some commonly used brand names are:

In the U.S.—

• Combivent
• DuoNeb

Another commonly used name for albuterol is salbutamol .