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WARNING, INCREASED RISK OF ASTHMA INDUCED DEATH OR HOSPITALIZATION IN CHILDREN

Used for asthma patients 12 months and older

Rinse after inhalation
Should not be used with a spacer
Do not shake

This should not be used inpatients with soybean and peanut allergies

Stimulation of Beta receptors
Greatest effect in patients with asthma

Hydrolyzing the DNA in sputum of CF patients and reduces the sputum viscoeleasticity

Breaks apart glycoproteins in mucus

irritating the gastric mucosa and stimulating respiratory tract secretions, thereby increasing respiratory fluid volumes

Liquefies secretions and decreases thickness and stickiness of mucus

CNS depressant, also thought to have a drying effect on respiratory mucosa