Salbutamol (ASMACAIRE) is used as bronchodilators in the management of reversible airways obstruction, as in asthma and in some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Salbutamol sulfate is indicated in the treatment of acute severe asthma and in routine management of chronic bronchospasm unresponsive to conventional therapy. Its main clinical use is in asthma. Itmay be used for the symptomatic relief of an acute attack, as part of the emergency treatment of acute severe asthma, and as part of the long-term chronic therapy of asthma.