Albuterol

[wrin]

The reaction is normal, but just like any asthma medication, the dosage is very individual -- you should only take as much as controls your symptoms. Taking more won't help more -- it will most likely just give you more side-effects.

[bramble]

I think albuterol is the same as salbutamol. If so I've been taking it for years. After taking my inhaler I usually feel shaky and have palpitations. I only really noticed these side effects a short while ago and I haven't gotten round to telling my doctor. I've had so many other things on my mind lately.

[Sarah68]

If it is the same as taking Salbutamol, then it is a known side effect. Salbutamol is known to cause tachycardia after taking it, which is why you commonly get the shakes afterwards.

[jennremtb]

yeppers, albuterol is the american name for salbutamol (salbutamol is the recommended name according to WHO, but..well americans are unique)..And tremors are SOOOOO common, most people get them actually, but that goes away with use (supposed to anyway) I dont get them anymore with the inhaler, only with the nebulizer (slightly higher dose than 3 puffs of the inhaler) depends on the person of course, but that is actually "normal" If it's too frustrating for you ask about Maxair (pirbuterol i think it is..)

[wrin]

Consider that Ventolin is actually an extremely refined stimulant in the sense that it only minimally stimulates our heart and makes us shaky.

Imagine being an asthmatic back in the days when the best and truly only bronchodilator commonly available was racemic epinephrine -- which only lasts an hour or so at most and not only makes you shaky but it constricts blood vessels and makes your heart rate skyrocket -- and your blood pressure too.