Salbutamol is a short-acting, selective beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist used in the treatment of asthma and COPD. It is 29 times more selective for beta2 receptors than beta1 receptors giving it higher specificity for pulmonary beta receptors versus beta1-adrenergic receptors located in the heart. Salbutamol is formulated as a racemic mixture of the R- and...
Salbutamol is indicated for (i) the symptomatic relief and prevention of bronchospasm due to bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, reversible obstructive airway disease, and other chronic bronchopulmonary disorders in which bronchospasm is a complicating factor, and/or (ii) the acute prophylaxis against exercise-induced bronchospasm and other stimuli known t...
Research Centre on Asthma and COPD, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain
Department of Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Sultan Qaboos University hospital, Seeb, Muscat, Oman
Rambam Health Campus, Haifa, Israel
Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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