Albuterol
I have to say this is what I consider to be Crack for Children. Poor lil boo was put on the lovely nebulizer the other day to get his ‘crack’ treatment of Albuterol for his RSV. This lil guy was out of control. We did his last treatment around 5pm at the latest and he was zippin’ around the house like a screaming banshee! Bedtime was the worst part of this evil concoction. The lil guy would not go to sleep – and he LOVES his sleep!! The other night I crashed around 10:30pm – visited lil boo at 1:30am (hyper madness) and then woke up for work at 4:30am — I thought the middle of the night rendezvous were finished after the infant stages?? This stuff is vicious! Check out some of the stats of this crack crap (which helped but still):
- Albuterol is a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the airways and increases air flow to the lungs.
- Albuterol is used to treat or prevent bronchospasm in people with reversible obstructive airway disease. Albuterol is also used to prevent exercise-induced bronchospasm.
albuterol side effects
Stop using Albuterol and get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
- bronchospasm (wheezing, chest tightness, trouble breathing), especially after starting a new canister of this medicine;
- chest pain and fast, pounding, or uneven heart beats;
- tremor, nervousness; or
- dangerously high blood pressure (severe headache, blurred vision, buzzing in your ears, anxiety, confusion, chest pain, shortness of breath, uneven heartbeats, seizure).
Less serious side effects may include:
- headache, dizziness, nervousness;
- sleep problems (insomnia);
- cough, hoarseness, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose;
- dry mouth and throat;
- muscle pain; or
- diarrhea.
Seriously, are you looking at this list? Just a minor list mind you. I have a severe case of the WTF’s?!! You are supposed to use this medicine to help clear your airways since you are having problems breathing. Yet look under the first four items, don’t you already have these issues???? Now taking this drug can cause side effects of which the same effects that are happening to you before you even take it?? Just a little confused. Now for the latter portion of the list….item two (insomnia) DUH!!! Show me a nervous, anxiety ridden, child wheezing for a breath of air….not rocket science. This is some messed up crap, that well works in our case, unfortunately. Luckily, we only had to deal with a few treatments.
~daddy bookins
