Levalbuterol and Tremors: What Users Say

• Ain...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 11, 2014

Levalbuterol for Asthma, acute "This is the best rescue inhaler out there. It works as well as albuterol and doesn't make me half as jittery. I highly recommend it. Albuterol made my hands shake so badly that people would ask me if I was okay. There is no reason to still take albuterol when Xopenex exists."

• Anonymous
• January 26, 2012

Levalbuterol for Asthma, Maintenance "After taking albuterol (and various brands of albuterol) for years, I got a chance to try Xopenex almost a year ago, and I love it! I used to be scared to take albuterol because it made me so shaky, even at only half the prescribed dose. But I can take the full dosage of Xopenex prescribed without feeling shaky at all!"

• Tor...
• September 25, 2016

Levalbuterol for Asthma "I love this kind of Xopenex, it's great, works for me. No side effects cause tremor, shaking, nervousness, heart racing, etc. That's much better than albuterol. Keep this for a great for people suffering from asthma! Stars 10!"

• Tor...
• September 25, 2016

Levalbuterol for Asthma "I love this kind of Xopenex, it's great, works for me. No side effects cause tremor, shaking, nervousness, heart racing, etc. That's much better than albuterol. Keep this for a great for people suffering from asthma! Stars 10!"

• Abb...
• November 3, 2016

Levalbuterol for Asthma, acute "My Xopenex HFA works very well for me. No side effects since I started using it. Works quickly for me. I started with an inhaler called Alupent, which worked very well with no side effects. Then the powers that be no longer made this inhaler. I was then put on Albuterol, which had very bad side effects for me. I had told the pharmacist and my doctor about my bad reaction to Albuterol, and they had told me it was a normal thing to have a slight tremor! When I went into the hospital for acute bronchitis, they gave me Albuterol, which caused me to shake so badly that my feet were bouncing on the bed. The med staff saw this, so they could not say, 'Oh, you just had a tremor, which is normal!' Hence, my doctor's nurse found Xopenex HFA for me!"

• spa...
• November 15, 2009

For Asthma, acute "This is significantly better than the albuterol. I've had asthma for 17 years and always suffered from horrible side effects of albuterol: racing heart, tremors, being jittery. I heard about levalbuterol and LOVE it - such an improvement. Works just as well as albuterol with fewer side effects. Way to go!"

• San...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 25, 2021

For Asthma, Maintenance "I tried this because I was tired of getting bad anxiety and tremors from regular albuterol. It didn’t make my heart race, but it didn’t work as reliably, which was quite scary. Basically, paid twice as much for something that worked half the time."

• Mar...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• December 28, 2023

For COPD "Works really well for me. I don’t get the shakes like albuterol."