How to Use bronchodilator in a Sentence

bronchodilator

noun
  • Pinene can also act as a natural bronchodilator, which may help with breathing.
    — Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • When it’s broken down in the body, caffeine produces small amounts of the bronchodilator theophylline.
    — Brad Rickman, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The first is an inhaled bronchodilator (called a beta agonist), the same used in people with asthma.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2022
  • That usually means putting you on a regimen that includes a bronchodilator, which is a drug that can quickly open your swollen airways.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 June 2018
  • Clenbuterol is used for humans as a decongestant and bronchodilator.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Both asthma and chronic bronchitis can be treated with inhalers that contain bronchodilators that open up the airway.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In some cases, medications like bronchodilators or steroids may be necessary.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Inhalers often contain albuterol, a bronchodilator that relaxes the muscles and opens up the airway.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2026
  • It can also be managed with supplemental oxygen or a bronchodilator to improve airflow.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Albuterol is a bronchodilator that provides relief from asthma attacks by relaxing smooth muscles in the airways.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Senate Bill 127, which encourages schools to have at least two bronchodilator rescue inhalers on site.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2021
  • According to experts, the drug can act as a bronchodilator to clear airways and optimize heart rates, making horses more efficient.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Depending on your symptoms, medicines like bronchodilators or steroids may be prescribed to help manage breathing difficulties.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Emergency responders took her to the hospital via ambulance where she was treated with oxygen and bronchodilators.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The piney-tasting pinene terpene—said to be a bronchodilator good for those with asthma that can be used as an expectorant and to increase alertness—also factors into that brew.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The medication works as both a bronchodilator and an anti-inflammatory to ease breathing while also helping clear mucus from the lungs.
    — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2024
  • Even now, with good insurance, her $2,000 deductible prompts her to use her inhaler -- an Advair bronchodilator -- sparingly.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Medications that are used to treat asthma (such as bronchodilators and steroids) may also be used to help someone who has been contaminated breathe, according to the CDC.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 2 June 2020
  • When Thompson went to the doctor in mid-June with a cough, the doctor noted effects from breathing in chemicals on her discharge papers and prescribed her Albuterol, a bronchodilator pump.
    — Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
  • But when given the standard treatments for an asthma attack, which included oral corticosteroids and inhaled bronchodilators, 19 failed to respond to their medications.
    — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • These include bronchodilators that relax the airway muscles and anti-inflammatories that reduce inflammation and mucus production.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • When Nephron was unable to meet demand due to manufacturing issues, Bardele said Lurie had to make another temporary switch to a different concentration and use an alternative liquid bronchodilator, levalbuterol.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Reports of complications Over the weekend, on Saturday, the pope reportedly experienced an asthmatic episode, which was presumably treated with oxygen and with bronchodilators to open his airways (which constrict during an airway attack).
    — Dr. Marc Siegel Fox News, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • For decades, standard COPD medications have included options such as inhaled bronchodilators to relax muscles around the airways, steroids to reduce airway inflammation, and anticholinergics to encourage clearing of mucus from the lungs.
    — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2024

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