How to Use albuterol in a Sentence

albuterol

noun
  • At the moment, albuterol inhalers aren’t in short supply and may never be.
    Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In addition to Paxlovid, Biden has been using an albuterol inhaler for a cough, according to O'Connor.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 24 July 2022
  • Yet even keeping Carson, 7, and Maya, 4, in the house all day hasn’t kept their rising first-grader from needing his albuterol inhaler, which protects him against coughing spasms.
    Marc Fisher, Jennifer Oldham, Sheila Regan, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The albuterol shortage shows how consolidation in the market has been a real problem for a number of drugs, experts say.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • If necessary, patients can use albuterol that has expired.
    The Conversation, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Providers may try albuterol, a common asthma medication, on children with RSV, Grannan said.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
  • During the president’s treatment, his doctor cited other symptoms such as a runny nose and body aches and noted that Mr. Biden had used an albuterol inhaler for his cough.
    Ken Thomas, WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • The drone prototypes that Subbarao and his colleagues are working on could carry a variety of equipment, as well as medicines such as epinephrine, naloxone, and albuterol.
    Tom Avril, Philly.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Quick-relief inhalers contain non-steroid medications that relax the muscles in the lungs, such as albuterol, levalbuterol and pirbuterol, which can open airways in minutes.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • For instance, in a recent study that assigned an albuterol inhaler for asthma to some patients and sham acupuncture to others, patients reported both as effective.
    Vitaly Napadow, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Are there alternatives to albuterol during this shortage?
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
  • O'Connor said the president's symptoms will continue to be treated with Paxlovid, supported by hydration, Tylenol and an albuterol inhaler for an occasional cough.
    Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 24 July 2022
  • Don’t forget the albuterol inhalers, eye drops, antifungal tablets, carbamide peroxide for earwax removal, several classes of steroids and hormones, as well as drugs for seizures, high blood pressure, and plenty more.
    Troy Farah, Ars Technica, 8 June 2020
  • The closures leave only one domestic supplier of liquid albuterol fully operational in the U.S.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Its Illinois facility was licensed to make liquid albuterol, which is used by hospitals for nebulizers, common devices that turn medicine into mist to be inhaled.
    Christopher Rowland, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The type of albuterol in short supply isn’t the kind used in personal inhalers but is a liquid solution often administered at hospitals using a nebulizer machine.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
  • If frequently using albuterol, talk to your doctor about daily medications that help control asthma symptoms in addition to albuterol.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Akorn had not been shipping its 20-millilter bottles of liquid albuterol for several months, said Premier, a major group purchasing company for hospitals.
    Christopher Rowland, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • For example, Brooks advises that anyone with asthma include an albuterol inhaler, while travelers with diabetes should include some candies or glucose for low blood sugar.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
  • As examples, advocates point to price increases in the injectors for the heroin antidote Naloxone, albuterol-sulfate that is commonly used to treat asthma, and EpiPens that treat severe allergic reactions.
    Erin Cox, baltimoresun.com, 6 July 2017
  • Other inhalers, such as albuterol, dilate your airways to temporarily relieve asthma symptoms.
    Mansi Kanuga Md, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • The asthma drug albuterol was impacted when a major manufacturer shuttered its factories last month after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Its Illinois factory was licensed to produce liquid albuterol used in nebulizers, a type of medical device that converts the respiratory medication into a mist that can be inhaled.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • That may be a viral illness or a bacterial infection, or a condition that calls for medication like albuterol for supportive care, making sure that the drug is being used appropriately for children who are wheezing or having trouble breathing.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Akorn made roughly 100 medications, including cylinders of albuterol that children’s hospitals had relied on to ease their breathing difficulties.
    Christina Jewett, New York Times, 17 May 2023
  • American health workers say they are particularly concerned about a possible shortage of anti-malarial drugs, albuterol or inhalers, and sedatives like fentanyl used for patients on ventilators.
    NBC News, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Among the drugs difficult to obtain are Adderall for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; albuterol, which can ease asthma attacks; and a myriad of essential cancer medicines, including those for children.
    Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Several major manufacturing plants for the asthma and respiratory drug Albuterol have shut down, leaving just one domestic albuterol manufacturer, for which the drug is also on backorder.
    Laura Smythe, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Demand for albuterol, a common asthma inhaler medication, has also risen significantly, given its importance in easing the breathing of patients with severe infection.
    Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • But objective physiological measures demonstrated significant improvement only for albuterol.
    Vitaly Napadow, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2017

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