Bambuterol

Indication : Why is this medication prescribed?

Maintenance treatment of bronchial asthma, nocturnal asthma or COPD.

Contraindication: What are the special precautions to be followed?

Under following conditions, use of this medication is inadvisable. Its use should be withhold as it would cause harm to the patient
Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of terbutaline. Hepatic impairment. Contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation.

Other Precaution to be observed while taking this medication

Dose should be reduced in patient with severely impaired renal function, care should be taken while prescribing bambuterol in patients with genetic deficiencies of plasma cholinesterase, caution should be implemented in patients with severe ischaemic heart failure.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Tremor, headache, muscle cramps, palpitation, fatique and insomnia. Generally these effects are mild in nature and their incidence decreases with time.

Drug Category/Class

  • Drugs for Obstructive Airway Diseases
  • Selective Beta-2-Adrenoreceptor Agonists
  • Adrenergics for Systemic Use
  • Beta2 Agonists
  • Respiratory System
  • Selective beta-2-adrenoreceptor agonists
Prescribed For the prevention and reversal of bronchospasm in patients 12 years of age and older with asthma and reversible bronchospasm associated with bronc...
Weight :367.44
Structure Bambuterol
Generic Drug Bambuterol prescribed For the prevention and reversal of bronchospasm in patients 12 years of age and older with asthma and reversible bronchospasm associated with bronc...
Formula

C18H29N3O5

Bambuterol has 20 Brands listed


Abel (10 mg)Abel (20 mg)
Asthafree (10 mg)Asthafree (20 mg)
Asthafree (60 ml)Bambral (10 mg)
Bambudil (10 mg)Bambudil (20 mg)
Bambudil Oral (60 ml)Bamwin (10 mg)
Bemlo (10 mg)Bemlo (20 mg)
Bemlo (60 ml)Betaday (10 mg)
Betaday (20 mg)Betaday (60 ml)
Copday (10 mg)Roburol (10 mg)
Roburol (20 mg)Roburol (60 ml)

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