Albuterol and Cough: What Users Say

• Ugl...
• December 24, 2016

Albuterol for COPD, Maintenance "Took regular for about 3 weeks. Started severe muscle cramps, bone pain, cough, sputum production, sleeplessness, voice change, spinning sensation, blurred vision, respiratory infection. Stopped about 2 months. Still having severe muscle cramps and bone pain. How long will this last? Could it have lowered creatine kinase, potassium, or magnesium."

• Mam...
• January 31, 2019

Albuterol for Bronchiectasis "I was diagnosed with bronchitis after one nurse said, 'Oh, you just have a head cold.' This went on for a week, and I got worse and finally went to urgent care, and the PA told me, 'You have a bad case of bronchitis.' He put me on a Zpack, prednisone, the ProAir inhaler, and a non-narcotic cough medicine. I have finished the Zpack and prednisone but still take the cough syrup at night and use the inhaler during coughing attacks, which are less frequent. I was so bad the first 3 days of bronchitis, I coughed constantly and took Robitussin around the clock every 6 hours, and it did not help. I could not sleep as my coughing woke me up constantly through the night. I work in cubicles, 4 per cubicle. One lady coughed constantly for a week and a half. Two weeks later, I was sick. The following week, our 3rd cubicle mate was out for a week. We found out 2 people had pneumonia. I live in Utah, where we have an inversion every winter (pollution hanging over the valley, making people sick)."

• Nev...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 13, 2022

Albuterol for Asthma, Maintenance "My insurance tried switching me to this ProAir. First off, not enough comes out. Then they didn't have a warning it contains milk proteins in it. I had the worst IBS. I also started coughing up blood. And it made my throat burn and my stomach hurt. I am highly allergic to this and many generics because of the milk proteins they use in it."

• nur...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 7, 2017

For Bronchiectasis "Taking for bronchitis. Using ProAir HFA inhaler. Used 2 puffs every 5 hours, seemed to be helping very nicely till I tried to go to bed. I did get a steroid shot this morning, so that is working against me also, but I am absolutely not sleepy and it is now 1 AM. I usually am in bed by 9:30/10 PM religiously. I am now coughing again and needing another dosing. I took my 5 cc of codeine cough syrup at 9 PM thinking that would help me drop off to sleep, but no. I am going to take 1 puff of the inhaler and one 5 mg Ambien. I was sent home from work to rest and I can't. I have to start the Medrol dose pack tomorrow and that has always affected my sleeping without throwing anything else in on top of the mixture."