IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT VENTOLIN HFA
If your symptoms become significantly worse when you use VENTOLIN HFA, call your doctor immediately as this reaction can be life threatening. This worsening of symptoms frequently occurs with the first use of a new canister. Tell your doctor if you have a heart, blood, or seizure disorder, high blood pressure, diabetes, or an overactive thyroid. Some medicines can interfere with how well asthma medications work. Continued below.
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VENTOLIN HFA and Asthma
Understanding what causes your asthma
To better understand your asthma, you should first recognize what causes it. When you have asthma, there are 2 main things happening inside your lungs:
– Bronchospasm — The tightening of muscles surrounding the airways
– Inflammation — The swelling or irritation of the airways
Together, bronchospasm and inflammation can cause wheezing, chest tightness, coughing, and shortness of breath. If your symptoms worsen, you may be having an asthma attack.
How VENTOLIN HFA can help
VENTOLIN HFA is an albuterol inhaler. Albuterol treats bronchospasm by quickly opening the airways within your lungs to ease breathing during an asthma attack. VENTOLIN HFA can be used as a rescue medicine to help relieve your sudden asthma symptoms when they occur.
Like most asthma medicines and many other household products, VENTOLIN HFA uses a propellant — a gas that sprays the medicine out of the canister. VENTOLIN HFA uses a propellant called hydrofluoroalkane, or HFA, which is not as harmful to the ozone layer as the previous propellant, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). GlaxoSmithKline was the first company to have a completely CFC-free respiratory portfolio of products available in the United States.
VENTOLIN HFA acts within minutes to help relieve bronchospasm and its symptoms and lasts for up to 4 to 6 hours.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT VENTOLIN HFA
If your symptoms become significantly worse when you use VENTOLIN HFA, call your doctor immediately as this reaction can be life threatening. This worsening of symptoms frequently occurs with the first use of a new canister. Tell your doctor if you have a heart, blood, or seizure disorder, high blood pressure, diabetes, or an overactive thyroid. Some medicines can interfere with how well asthma medications work. Tell your doctor about all medicines you are taking, especially heart medicines and drugs that treat depression.
In clinical studies, the most common side effects (occurring in at least 3% of patients) were throat irritation (10%), viral respiratory infection (7%), upper respiratory inflammation (5%), cough (5%), and musculoskeletal pain (5%). The side effect profile in children was generally similar to that of adults.
Prescription VENTOLIN HFA is indicated for the prevention and relief of bronchospasm in patients 4 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease.
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