Atrovent User Reviews & Ratings

Atrovent has an average rating of 8.4 out of 10 from a total of 9 reviews on Drugs.com. 86% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 0% reported a negative experience.

Condition	Avg. Rating	Reviews	Compare
Asthma	9.0	5 reviews for Asthma	147 medications
COPD, Maintenance	8.0	4 reviews for COPD, Maintenance	52 medications
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Anonymous
October 1, 2010

For Asthma "I have used Atrovent (Ipratropium) to control my asthma for several years. I usually make do with salbutamol for maintenance, but Atrovent proves very useful for bad attacks of if my chest gets very tight when I get a cold. Atrovent seems to dry up any phlegm in my chest and ease coughing. The medicine does not work immediately like salbutamol. It works best after 20-30 minutes, but seems to have a longer duration of effect than salbutamol - about 6 hours."

8 / 10

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Anonymous
June 25, 2011

For COPD, Maintenance "Up until a recent diagnosis of emphysema, I used Atrovent only if I got a pain in my lungs because of COPD. After a couple of days, pain was gone and I felt good. Now I am using Atrovent 4 times per day, and it continues to be a great medication that I can count on to work."

10 / 10

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CFAst...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
January 6, 2019

For Asthma "I use both the nebulized Atrovent and the inhaler version (Combivent.) This significantly helps treat my severe asthma attacks. It works two to three times better than just albuterol alone. For route of administration, the nebulized version works much better than the inhaled version. I only use the inhaled version if I am away from my home, out doing errands or shopping. I also have cystic fibrosis too."

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mcpep...
Taken for 1 to 2 years
November 6, 2012

For COPD, Maintenance "This works. It's about the only prescription inhaler that does work. This one works. It is not as good as Primatene Mist but it does work. Side effects including the standard steroid use warning though."

10 / 10

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Kazuk
Taken for 5 to 10 years
January 12, 2013

For Asthma "I also take Seretide but medications used to control my asthma kept increasing until I was put on Atrovent. Beware, one day I woke with one large pupil, got sent to the Dr's then the hospital, thought I had a brain tumor, turned out I must have caught a bit of this in my eye."

9 / 10

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KG907
September 29, 2016

For Asthma "This works SO much better than Albuterol! REALLY helps me breathe normally."

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Anonymous
October 31, 2011

For Asthma "Works great even as a rescue inhaler"

10 / 10

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lennys
June 25, 2015

For COPD, Maintenance "worked on me immediately I had little to no faith in inhalers till this one"

8 / 10

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toolajr
Taken for 10 years or more
July 24, 2013

For COPD, Maintenance "I like this inhaler except for the ridiculous dose counter. It's only worth a 4 rating for that. Who in the world thought this counter would be better? "

4 / 10

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