Salbutamol is a synthetic drug used mainly in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory system, including for the provision of emergency medical care. Let's consider, at what diagnoses this preparation is recommended, how it works, and whether Salbutamol has analogues.
Indications for taking Salbutamol
The medicine is prescribed for cupping and preventing bronchospasm on the background of bronchial asthma, and also if there are:
- emphysema of the lungs ;
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
- Chronical bronchitis.
Also, the drug is used in gynecological and obstetrical practice with the threat of premature births against the background of a strong uterine contraction, with a decrease in the fetal heart rate during the opening of the cervix,
Composition, Form Release and Therapeutic Effect of Salbutamol
The main active substance of the drug is salbutamol sulfate. Most often, sulbatamol is used in the form of an inhalation aerosol, but there are also such dosage forms as oral tablets, solution and powder for the preparation of a solution for infusions, a solution for inhalations.
Upon penetration into the body, the drug has the following pharmacological action:
- bronchodilator effect (relaxation of the smooth muscles of the bronchi);
- reduction of resistance in the airways;
- increase in the vital capacity of the lungs;
- inhibition of bronchial reactivity (early and late);
- stimulation of mucus production and alleviation of sputum;
- expansion of the coronary arteries;
- tocolytic action (decrease in tone and contractile activity of the muscular tissue of the uterus).
Patients with diabetes should take into account that taking the drug often provokes an increase in glucose in the blood and speeds up the splitting of lipids. With inhalation, Salbutamol begins to act after five minutes, the effect lasts about 3-6 hours.
How to replace Salbutamol?
Let's list some analogues of Salbutamol in the form of an aerosol, the composition of which is based on the same active substance:
- Ventolin;
- Salvobent;
- Astalin;
- Aloprole;
- Ekoven;
- Bronchovaleas and others.
The listed preparations have the same composition and action, i.e. are completely interchangeable. Therefore, choosing, for example, which is better - Salbutamol or Ventolin, one can be guided by individual preferences.
Which is better - Salbutamol, Berodual or Berotek?
Berodual is a preparation based on ipratropium bromide and fenoterol hydrobromide. Berotek - a medicine, the active substance of which is fenoterola hydrobromide. Both of these drugs, like Salbutamol, are bronchodilators and have similar indications. However, each of them acts on the body in different ways, they are characterized by different duration of the therapeutic effect and the time of its achievement. Therefore, the expediency of using this or that remedy can only be determined by a doctor.