Albuterol is a generic drug prescribed to treat or prevent bronchospasm (tightening and swelling of muscles around airways) in people with asthma. Albuterol can help relieve breathing for 6-12 hours.

Albuterol is a generic drug prescribed to treat and help prevent certain breathing problems in adults and some children. Albuterol comes as an aerosol that you inhale. The dosage can vary depending on ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first Proventil HFA (albuterol sulfate) ...

While not generally recommended, using an expired albuterol inhaler may still be safe in urgent situations. However, it may be less effective in controlling asthma symptoms. Most inhalers, like ProAir ...

As hospitals give more and more COVID-19 patients albuterol to help them breathe, people with asthma may have a hard time getting an inhaler. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology ...

As hospitals give more and more COVID-19 patients albuterol to help them breathe, people with asthma may have a hard time getting an inhaler. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology ...

Albuterol isn’t addictive as a treatment for asthma. But people with asthma can become dependent on the drug. People with asthma typically use two types of inhalers to help treat their condition: ...

Several major manufacturing plants for the asthma and respiratory drug Albuterol have shut down, possibly worsening an already-flaring shortage of the medication that has forced hospitals to devise ...

A nationwide shortage of the asthma medication albuterol has been ongoing since last fall and experts fear it's only expected to get worse. Albuterol can be taken in several forms but it's the ...

An albuterol inhaler or nebulizer is commonly used to treat breathing problems such as asthma. A shortage of the drug is expected to get worse. Here's what parents should know. LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- An ...

Ongoing shortages of a medication that hospitals and emergency rooms rely upon to treat breathing problems are likely to worsen in coming days and weeks, experts warn. That's because one of the two ...

Ongoing shortages of a medication that hospitals and emergency rooms rely upon to treat breathing problems are likely to worsen in coming days and weeks, experts warn. That's because one of the two ...