My daughter breaks out in hives from the liquid Albuterol. Her doctor tried to tell me that she shouldn't be having any effects from it. Not true! It got so bad I rushed her to the ER. Take her off of it and talk to another doctor or pharmacist. I am always calling a CVS or Walgreens pharmacy if I have questions about side effects. They may even be able to suggest something different. I use Dimetapp or Robitussin.
We just had to give our son Albuterol - he's 3 1/2. I agree the effects are crazy, but it has done wonders when nothing else has. My sister's daughter(now 2yrs) has been on it when needed since infancy and she agrees that even though it makes her sooooooo hyper that it really helps and was even suggesting my son needed it weeks before the doctors finally gave it to him. Also, it does seem that over time they do not reacy as drastically to it.
I would ask for a nebulizer and xopenex as the mist medication. My son used that first for 2 years before they ever gave him albuterol. I would trust your instincts and go back to the Dr. asap and ask for something else. My son has been using Albuterol from 2yrs-5yrs old off and on as needed, and it has caused minimal hyperactivity for him. He uses an inhaler and a child's mask.
I have a 6 year old that has been going through that since he was 2 years old. Back in November he was on liquid albuterol , nebulizer treatments 4 times a day, and a daily asthma medication. I know how you feel about the diagnosis....you're in there for a few seconds and you leave with all these medications....it's crazy! But they always advise once the cough is gone you can stop the medication. And the condition is always worse in the winter. And yes, we had the same side effects. If you have to give her a dose at night...give it to her at least an hour or two before bedtime...that seemed to work better for us. Good Luck!
I wanted to let you know that my daughter has been on allbuteral since she was 8 months old, she is not on it all the time but when she gets bad colds she goes right on it. It does make them more hyper. She is 3 1/2 now so she is a little bit more used to it. She still can be crazy and i do have to watch her when she is on it because she sometimes cannot control herself, she gets frustrated real easy and i have to remember to go with the flow. we also have been on pulimicort which is not as bad of a steroid, what i started doing was chaging the albuterol doses a little bit, because she was so hyper, i would get the liquid that is not pre mixed and i would mix it but at a lower amount, she was still getting the medicine but she just happen to be getting a lower amount. i do have to admit that if really does help the lungs and the ability for them to breath, we have to take the good with the bad, if you have any more questions feel free to email me, [email protected] good luck and i hope she does not have to stay on it too long.
I would ask about albuterol through a breathing machine. My son used that when he was younger. There were never any side effects like that. It really helped also!
i have four children, and i do have one that has asthma, you could ask the doctor to lower the dose and that should take care of some of the hyperness.
Kim
My 5 yr old has lived with asthma since he was 2 and we learned that there is another medication that can be used in lieu of albuterol, but doctors are hesitant to prescribe it because it is very expensive any many insurance companies don't want to pay for it. HOWEVER....I insisted that albuterol was making my son miserable, shaky, and have heart palipitations. So only then the doctor prescribed XOPONEX. It works exactly the same as albuterol and doesn't have many of the horrible side effects. I was so mad to find out that my son could have had this much better medicine the whole time. UGH! Anyway, now we keep a steady supply of XOPONEX on hand for both the nebulizer here at home and the puffer. It works great! Demand it for your child.
Albuterol makes you extremely hyper and shaky as well. i have had asthma since i was 3 months old and i am 24 now. I have been on pulmicort xopenex albuterol ventolin advair proair and symbicort. it all basically does the same but it does make you extremely hyper. the best thing i can say to do is let your child do the nebulizer for about 10 minutes and then let her relax a little & then start it up again to finish the rest. it makes your heart beat fast too. it always makes me wanna go to sleep after a while. i hope this helped you some.
Yes, my daughter gets really hyper and happy (I assume because she feels it’s easier to breathe once the medicine has kicked in) and then she crashes and sleeps for a few hours which is great because when she is sick she coughs herself awake every time she falls asleep and the poor babe is miserable. This inhaler has been a miracle for us!
Well after 4 action packed days with a baby on albuterol, the doctor said her lungs sounded clear and I could take her off the medicine. I really do appreciate all you moms taking time out of your busy schedules to respond to my dilemna. Reading the responses is very reassuring. Thanks again.