How to Use albuterol in a Sentence

albuterol

noun
  • It was called albuterol, a drug that has been used for decades to treat asthma.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 5 June 2024
  • Your doctor may prescribe a liquid form of albuterol to open the airways.
    — Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
  • At the moment, albuterol inhalers aren’t in short supply and may never be.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Ethan received ibuprofen, steroids (prednisolone) and a breathing treatment with albuterol.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Many others like albuterol sulfate, which doctors use to treat breathing problems, are a staple in hospitals.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Inhalers often contain albuterol, a bronchodilator that relaxes the muscles and opens up the airway.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The list covers common prescriptions like penicillin, metformin, lithium and albuterol asthma inhalers.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Wholesalers have barred hospitals from ordering more than their usual supply of liquid albuterol to avoid stocking up and hoarding, Premier said.
    — Christopher Rowland, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Providers may try albuterol, a common asthma medication, on children with RSV, Grannan said.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Other inhalers, such as albuterol, dilate your airways to temporarily relieve asthma symptoms.
    — Mansi Kanuga Md, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
  • But Russo said that bronchodilators like albuterol and salmeterol, as well as pulmonary rehabilitation, might work for long flu.
    — Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • If the asthma attacks are very severe, albuterol is administered via a nebulizer—a special device that delivers the medicine in a fine mist—sometimes used with an infant-sized face mask so baby can inhale the drug more easily.
    — Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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