Buventol Easyhaler
Buventol Easyhaler is a fast-acting asthma medicine that opens up your airways quickly.
Form
inhalaatiojauhe
Strength
200 mikrog/annos
Active Ingredient
Salbutamol sulfate
Manufacturer
Orion Corporation
How to Use
Dosage
Usually 1-2 doses (100-400 micrograms) as needed for asthma attacks or before exercise.
Method
Shake the inhaler 3-5 times, load one dose by pressing until you hear a click, then breathe the powder deeply into your lungs through the mouthpiece.
Important
Do not take more than 4 doses in one day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Slightly faster heartbeat
- •Palpitations (feeling your heart beat fast)
- •Shaking (tremors)
RARE
- •Headache
- •Allergic reactions (like swelling of the skin, hives, low blood pressure, fainting)
- •Increase or decrease in blood pressure
- •Irregular heartbeat
- •Chest pain from effort
- •Lack of oxygen in the heart muscle
- •Nausea
- •Tightening of the airways
- •Cough, irritation in mouth and throat (rinse your mouth with water after each dose to help prevent this)
- •Too low potassium in the blood
- •Too high sugar in the blood
- •Muscle cramps
- •Overactivity, nervousness, restlessness
- •Dizziness
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to salbutamol or lactose (which contains small amounts of milk protein).
- Tell your doctor before use if you have heart or blood vessel disease, an overactive thyroid, diabetes (especially if you also use corticosteroids), or low potassium levels in your blood.
- Contact your doctor right away if your asthma symptoms get worse or if the medicine doesn't work as well as before.
- If you experience severe itching, rash, swelling of the face or throat, or fainting after taking the medicine, stop using it and seek medical help immediately.
- If your breathing gets worse right after inhaling, stop using the medicine and contact your doctor immediately.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category A
Suitable for older adults. Potentiates sympathomimetic effects. May cause hypokalaemia. (updated 15.5.2023)