Epinephrine for COPD, Acute User Reviews
Brand names: EpiPen, Adrenalin, neffy, Auvi-Q, Primatene Mist, EpiPen Jr, Symjepi, Adrenaclick, Adrenalin Chloride EPIsnap …show all brand names
- Anonymous
- March 22, 2012
"My son was born with asthma as was I. When he was 9 years old, he had a major asthma attack that sent him into cardiac arrest. One puff on a Primatene Mist inhaler saved his life. All the prescribed medicines he was taking did nothing for him. I have been wheezing for 2 months now and was hospitalized last month for the first time in over 30 years due to my asthma because I couldn't get the Primatene Mist inhaler."
- wyv...
- February 4, 2012
"I have emphysema/COPD, and this works for me when I am getting winded. I tried albuterol, but it actually makes me worse. After just 4 days of using albuterol, I was waking up at night having trouble breathing. The Primatene Mist doesn't have the rebound effect that albuterol had. When I learned they were going to stop selling it after Dec 31, 2011, I stocked up. Hopefully, what I have will last me until they reformulate it and it's available again. I don't know what I would do without it."
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"I have COPD. I can't use a nebulizer with albuterol because I get severe headaches from it. I have tried five different prescribed inhalers, but none worked as well as Primatene. I have used Spiriva and Advair, and neither works half as well as Primatene. I sure hope they come out with a new Primatene."