General
Description & Use
Treats
breathing problems caused by asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and
other lung diseases. Physicians prescribe Combivent® Inhalation
Aerosol for many reasons. Two common reasons are:-
Physicians
have conducted studies with Combivent® Inhalation Aerosol
in large numbers of patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease). They found that it helps lungs work better than either
of the two medications given alone.
Side
Effects Associated With Combivent® Inhalation Aerosol Therapy
Most people who have used Combivent® Inhalation Aerosol have
few or no problems. Serious side effects are very infrequent.
The
most common side effect in medical testing was bronchitis (12.3%
of patients).
Combivent®
Inhalation Aerosol should be used with caution in patients with
narrow-angle glaucoma, prostatic hypertrophy, or bladder-neck
obstruction. Be sure to tell your doctor if you have any of those
conditions.
Combivent®
Inhalation Aerosol contains the beta agonist albuterol and the
anticholinergic ipratropium bromide. It is contraindicated in
patients hypersensitive to soya lecithin or like foods, such as
soybeans and peanuts. Extreme caution is advised in patients being
treated with monoamine oxidase inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants.
Caution should be taken in patients with convulsive disorders,
hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, those sensitive to sympathomimetic
agents, narrow-angle glaucoma, prostatic hypertrophy or bladder-neck
obstruction. Albuterol sulfate can have significant cardiovascular
effects, and the potential for life-threatening paradoxical bronchospasm
and significant hypokalemia.
Also
see Duolin
