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Albuterol User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Brand names: Ventolin HFA, ProAir HFA, Ventolin, Proventil HFA, ProAir RespiClick Vospire ER

Albuterol has an average rating of 3.1 out of 10 from a total of 386 reviews on Drugs.com. 19% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 71% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Albuterol

  • atlan...
  • Taken for 6 months to 1 year
  • July 11, 2019

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for COPD, Maintenance "My Doctor prescribed Proair Respiclick instead of my Proair inhaler. It us horrible when I need my rescue inhaler this does absolutely nothing to help me breath. I also find that I have a problem trying to inhale the powder when I am already short of breath. Terrible medication"

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  • kat
  • July 27, 2020

For Asthma, acute "I've been using albuterol for years and it has always worked great and I've never had a problem. Just received my first one made by Perrigo and it's a disaster!!! It's horrible. The canister states that there are 149 doses still left, but it's empty. I hate this thing!!!!! This company should be ashamed of themselves....................."

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  • JVano
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • July 23, 2020

For Asthma, acute "I got the Perrigo albuterol inhaler from Kaiser when they ran out of stock of the Ventolin. It's the worse inhaler I have ever used. First, it is awkward to use and the inhaler has stopped giving out puffs on occasion. The taste is beyond horrible. It has a weird garlic like after taste. I am also wasting puffs when I have to press it repeatedly into the air to make sure a normal puff is coming out, since it usually releases a tiny puff. These need to be recalled. I have yet to use it with a full blown respiratory infection, but if I have to I am scared that it won't be effective for it."

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  • Newyo...
  • January 18, 2016

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "I also switched to the respiclick. It was zero help. It did nothing to open my airways. I didn't work what so ever. The regular HFA works like a charm. I don't understand how so many people suffer from lung problems and the pharmaceutical companies make this medication so expensive. This medication should be on the $4 plan at Walmart and Target. I have to pay 50 every month which is expensive and that's with insurance."

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  • Tired
  • February 2, 2021

ProAir HFA (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "I like so many others here have had a very bad experience with pro air. I have bad allergies and so I will regularly need my inhaler when working. I used Ventolin for years, and it was great, no complaints, but like so many others, my insurance decided the be greedy and switched me over to ProAir. It tastes awful, first of all, always makes me gag, and second it causes my attacks to get worse! Supposedly my insurance covers it, but it is more than 3x that of any inhaler I've ever gotten! I've only had it for a couple months, but I will be very strongly requesting to my doctor and pharmacy that I go back to ventolin very soon."

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  • Guy...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • March 1, 2019

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "The respiclick, like all other Proair inhalers is a joke. Do any of it's inventers actually have asthma?! Picture yourself, gasping for air in the middle of an asthma attack, and some fool hands you an inhaler that you have to forcibly suck the medicine out of. That's the respiclick in a nutshell. Abject stupidity."

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  • Angel
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • March 1, 2018

Ventolin (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Wow. I’m completely surprised by the reviews on this. I think it goes to show every human being is different. Ventolin does nearly nothing for me. I was looking around to see how others felt. Mind blown."

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  • CHano
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • June 14, 2019

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Bronchospasm Prophylaxis "This inhaler is not effective for someone who can't get air into their lungs. The way it works is by sucking the medicine out of the inhaler, and for those who barely have lung function there's no way to get the medication into your lungs so you CAN BREATHE. I almost passed out today trying to get this thing to work for me, but luckily I found an old ACTUAL inhaler that saved me."

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  • Bad...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • September 5, 2016

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "With the old inhalers you could test fire it to make sure it was working. Now, how do you tell? I’ve used rescue inhalers for many years. The key word here is rescue. When I have an attack lose the ability to breathe deeply. When I use the ProAir RespiClick I can sometimes taste it on my tongue, just like with my old inhaler but I don’t get relief. The instructions say you have to wait over 5 minutes to get relief, but the medicine never seems to kick in. My doctor recommended this especially since there was a coupon."

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  • Anonymous
  • August 6, 2008

Vospire ER (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Great medicine. I need a potent, systemic bronchiodilator in order for my other inhalers to get where they need to go. This is a really important facet to my plan. I wake up easier, am clear headed, have less depression, and more oxygen to my lungs/brain. I highly recommend it."

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  • Mike
  • Taken for 2 to 5 years
  • April 20, 2019

Proventil HFA (albuterol) for COPD, Maintenance "Most of the time my newest Proventil inhalers do not give a puff if needed about half the time. Used it for years with no problems. Now malfunctioning inhalers are so prevalent , I have three wasted in my med drawer. Will ask for new med to replace proventil."

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  • Michi...
  • December 30, 2019

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, Maintenance "I agree with all the other comments. My expired ProAir (with spacer) works 100X better as a rescue medicine than the do-nothing ProAir Respliclick. I found absolutely no relief from the $60 Respliclick. (My insured cost). Respliclick is a scam. Stick to the old inhalers if you want to breath."

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  • Navaj...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 6, 2022

Ventolin (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Something has changed, once my asthma was controlled, now just over a year I've quadrupled my puffs, and I've noticed it's either not working or takes longer to work. I've been asthmatic on and off for over 30 years and if I hear another person say "maybe your not using your puffer correctly" please! the medicine I believe is being watered down. Also, I'm using the same medication as a 8 year old!!! How can we have the same respiratory system? We obviously don't, but some Dr prescribed us the exact same puffer! Ventolin are making millions off our suffering"

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  • David
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • August 15, 2022

Ventolin (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "The genuine Ventolin inhaler back in 2010 was absolutely perfect. The medication did it's job within seconds and only took up to 2 doses for effective results. Now today in 2022 with the counter built in and most likely other changes in the background that are not mentioned this product is basically useless!!. For example you can take more than 10 doses at once with hardly any effect or results. Not to mention when the counter shows about 50 the medication basically does not even spray from the plastic holder. If a person has an Asthma attack they can not spend many minutes cleaning a blocked up medication due to a ridiculous counter, putting more plastic into our environment."

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  • Ricky
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • August 31, 2020

For Asthma, Maintenance "I just got switched to this new brand inhaler this week and it's AWFUL... The plastic shield around the canister is just in the way, the canister is almost impossible to remove to clean the inhaler, you have to pull it with your finger tips for 20 minutes to get it out, so I decided to put this canister in one of my old Inhalers and it works a lot better, but I won't have the counter so I'm back to the old days of being surprised when the medicine runs out, but at least it works...I'm going to try to get switched back to the old one this week"

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  • Gotsc...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • April 19, 2017

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Got the inhaler for my son on Friday. Does not work , then pro air does not want to refund my money, but wants to replace their garbage product with another rubbish Pro Air Respiclick.. Big Pharm sucks"

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  • Noa
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • July 12, 2022

Ventolin (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Since the changes my asthma has escalated 10 X, Ive gone from mild to using 200 puffs a week. I think they're actually making people worst, everyone I know who's asthmatic is having issues with this crap"

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  • Montry
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • June 13, 2016

Ventolin HFA (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "I have had asthma for 45 years. I started on this medication when I was very young. It's always worked very well for me. I have had physicians try to change it to something else but I always end up requesting they change me back to Ventolin. It just works."

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  • Wheezy...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • July 29, 2020

For Asthma, acute "I call this the rocketship inhaler, and it is the worst inhaler I have ever owned (my asthma has been a nuisance for 37 years, so I know inhalers). The medicine tastes like onions, and it does not relieve my severe asthma very well. During attacks, I need 4 to 5 puffs of this inhaler whereas, with a real ProAir, I may need only two puffs and sometimes will clear with just one puff. A real ProAir also keeps me symptom-free much much longer. Yes, it is nice to save money, but saving doesn't matter to me if I'm dead because my rescue inhaler never opened my airways back up. The rocketship also broke, and as many did, I yanked the cannister out, but I put it in an old red ProAir inhaler "jacket," which worked for me."

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  • Perry...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • September 13, 2019

Proventil HFA (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Proventil doesn’t work for me and my asthma. For some reason my insurance switched this from Ventolin which worked great. With Proventil I get a shot of medication right to the back of my tongue, it sprays terribly, which means it did not make it into my lungs at all. What’s the point?"

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  • Bluey...
  • March 12, 2017

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "Useless !!! I took it to my pulmonary doctor and told him nothing comes out. He said don't tip it that the powder will fall out. Well I kept paying for them trying to get some relief but never did. My copy being 40.00. I just kept thinking I was imagining there was nothing there. I decided to open one that showed zero doses left to see if the meds was gone. Guess what all the med was still in it. No residue from the power anywhere except inside the area they put it it. This was like the 4 th inhaler I paid a 40.00 copay for. I feel like a repayment should be in order. That's not including all the freaking anxiety attacks I had trying to get medication out of these defective devices. My other powder inhaler Anita works great. Different device"

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  • Ben...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • May 15, 2017

ProAir RespiClick (albuterol) for Asthma, acute "I have been on albuterol inhalers since the 80s. I went online to watch how to properly use this respliclick inhaler and quickly learned that medicine is actuated each time you open the cap and also not to let my lips block the air vent as it is right at the back of the mouth piece. Feeling equipped with good info I felt I was ready to go. Then came the moment I needed it... I opened the cap emptied my lungs the best I could (I was having an asthma attack so...could only do so much). Then I breathed in all I could...my lungs went into a vacuum (negative pressure) and they stayed that way until I released my lips from the device. Nothing left the inhaler and entered my lungs, not medicine, not air, nothing. I tried three times and the pain was so bad I don't I think I dare try again. After 3 hours with no relief I used my expired ProAir HFA and got instant relief. I am calling the FDA compliant line now."

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  • MJano
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • May 23, 2020

For Asthma, Maintenance "I find myself having to use the Perrigo inhaler 3-4 times per day vs. 1-2 with Proair. The dispenser is awkward and hardly anything comes out. This is my first week using this product. I have wmphsyma and asthma I will not buy it again."

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  • JoJo
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • May 14, 2020

For Asthma, acute "I want my ProAir back!!! I have pulmonary Sarcoidosis and severe asthma. The Perrigo inhaler is absolutely horrible. It has a horrible taste that stays in my mouth no matter how many times I brush my teeth or use mouthwash. The taste chokes me up and dries my mouth out. It doesn't help me at all. I feel it makes everything worse. How can it be a rescue inhaler if it's clogged up when you need it. It clogs up every 2 or 3 sprays. I'm in the ER quite a bit for my breathing. This inhaler will just send me there more often and cost the insurance company a lot more."

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  • Nene
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • May 9, 2020

For Asthma, acute "This new inhaler is horrible! The medicine has burning like taste to it and it doesn't open up my airways as effective as the Proair. The Proair was fine just the way it was and should have been left alone."

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