Albutamol Plus Tablet

Composition of Albutamol Plus Tablet

Albutamol Plus Tablet contains Salbutamol (NA) + Etofylline (NA) + Bromhexine (NA). It belongs to the Inhaled bronchodilator / corticosteroid and Expectorant / mucolytic / bronchodilator class of medicines.

Uses of Albutamol Plus Tablet

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Key benefits

• In Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a group of lung diseases that cause breathing difficulties. COPD is caused by swelling of the airways that carry air in and out of the lungs. Albutamol Plus Tablet relaxes the muscles of these airways and widens it. It also loosens mucus and helps you to cough it out. This makes you breathe easy and gives relief from symptoms such as tightness in your chest
• shortness of breath
• wheezing and coughing. Avoid smoking and minimise your exposure to pollution
• dust and fumes. Along with that
• a little exercise each day can help you stay strong. Talk to your doctor about how much exercise is good for you.

How to take Albutamol Plus Tablet

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Albutamol Plus Tablet may be taken with or without food. Avoid Albutamol Plus Tablet with caffeine and chocolate as well as food containing caffeine and chocolate such as tea leaves, cocoa beans.

Take it exactly as your doctor prescribed. Do not change the dose or stop early on your own.

Side effects of Albutamol Plus Tablet

Most side effects of Albutamol Plus are mild and settle as the body adjusts. Reported side effects include:

• Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Stop the medicine and seek help immediately for a rash, swelling of the face or lips, wheezing or difficulty breathing. Tell your doctor about any side effect that persists or worries you.

Safety advice for Albutamol Plus Tablet

Warnings and precautions

Know which of your inhalers is the reliever and which is the preventer. A preventer must be used every day even when you feel well; a reliever is for symptoms. Seek emergency care if your reliever is not working, if you cannot speak a full sentence, or if you are using the reliever far more often than usual. Rinse your mouth with water and spit it out after every steroid inhaler dose to prevent thrush and hoarseness. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to watch your technique — poor technique is the commonest reason an inhaler seems not to work. Use a spacer if one has been advised, particularly for children. See a doctor if a cough lasts more than a week, or comes with fever, breathlessness, chest pain or blood in the sputum. Do not give cough and cold preparations to young children except on a doctor's advice. Do not combine two cough preparations — they frequently contain the same ingredients, and the doses add up. Preparations containing codeine can cause dependence and must be used only for the period your doctor specifies.

Do not take Albutamol Plus if

Not for anyone with a known allergy to this medicine or to any ingredient in the pack. Not for anyone with a known allergy to the propellant used in the inhaler. Codeine-containing preparations are not for children, or for anyone with breathing difficulty.