Product Description

Ventolin Inhaler 100 mcg

During an asthma attack, the air passages in the lungs become narrow, making it difficult to breathe and cause symptoms such as wheezing, cough, and breathlessness. Ventolin is a quick-relief inhaler that helps relax the muscles around your airways and eases the symptoms of the attack. It can make breathing easier within minutes for a person living with asthma.

About Ventolin Inhaler

The medicine contains Salbutamol as the active ingredient, which directly goes into the airways and lungs to relieve asthma symptoms. It works within minutes and makes breathing easier. The reliever inhaler gives you on the spot relief from asthma symptoms by relaxing your airways quickly. Keep it handy all the time in an emergency if prescribed with it. Use it as soon as you experience shortness, of breath, wheezing, or chest tightness. You will feel a difference in your breathing within a few minutes of using the Salbutamol medication.

How effective is Ventolin Inhaler?

Ventolin Inhaler containing Salbutamol as an active constituent is a highly effective treatment for relieving asthma symptoms. Once you use the inhaler, your symptoms start improving within a matter of minutes. The effect of the medication lasts between 3 to 5 hours. In addition to its effectiveness, Ventolin is an affordable way to get rid of asthma symptoms. However, it is extremely important to use the inhaler properly to attain maximum benefits at the recommended time. If you have any doubt about how to use it properly, please consult your healthcare provider.

Dosage information

Ventolin is a medication that is meant to be inhaled to help you breathe when you are suffering from asthma symptoms. To get the maximum benefit, it is important to know how to do it and practice to do it right. Here is a guide to using your Ventolin inhaler:

• Firstly, remove the cap and shake it well before you use, you can release two three puffs in the air.
• Put the mouth near your mouth, seal with your lips to prevent air from passing and start breathing slowly by pressing down the canister button at the top of the inhaler. Continue breathing it as deeply as you can.
• Now hold your breath for a few seconds to allow the medicine to reach into your airways and then exhale slowly.

This is the procedure to take one puff. Usually, asthma sufferers require more than one puff to get rid of their symptoms. There is no need to use Ventolin Inhaler on a regular basis as it is specially formulated to relieve symptoms when they affect you. Note that, it is not made to prevent asthma.

Side effects of Ventolin

Like other asthma relievers, Ventolin inhaler can also cause side effects. These may include, muscle tremor, increased heart rate, or anxiety. It is important to realize that these side effects are not harmful or severe in comparison with asthma symptoms, but can cause you trouble if persist for a long time or does not go away. As such, there is no need to worry or feel afraid to use the inhaler as it is more likely to do more good than harm.

Ventolin Inhaler helps you to get rid of asthma symptoms, but will not protect your airways or prevent an asthma attack from affecting you. For asthma prevention, there are other medications available that have a long-term effect on your airways and help you control symptoms as well as prevent them from reoccurring. If you are experiencing asthma symptoms on a regular basis, then it is the right time to visit a healthcare specialist. Your health care provider will be the right person to tell you whether you should take preventative medication.