shakes from inhaler

Does anybody know why you shake after reliever inhaler doses? from groovy chick

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No idea why but I get shakey if I take too much salb

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Shakes"" come about because of the group of asthma medications referred to as the ""Beta-2 agonists"". These medications act on the beta-2 adreno-receptors - mainly in the lungs - to widen the airways. They are adrenaline-like compounds (but much weaker). Sometimes you absorb small amounts of inhaled medications like this and they act on beta-2 receptors elsewhere in the body to produce, for example, shakes and palpitations.

Common beta-2 agonist medications are: salbutamol (Ventolin, Salamol), terbutaline (Bricanyl), salmetarol (Serevent), formoterol (Oxis).

Hope this helps.

CathBear

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thanks

thanks cathbear yourtips have helped from groovy chick

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i've always woundered that thanks cath, i get so shakey, one puff sets me off is that norm? does it effect people differently?

clox

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Yes Chloe different people experience different effects. Sometimes it seems that you can experience different effects at different times too - I don't know about you but sometimes I can feel really shakey after taking an inhaler, but at other times it doesn't seem to have that effect.

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i've just come back from a week pretending to snowboard in meribel - had the shakes massively the whole time due i expect to taking ventolin every hour - was good tho as it meant everyone had to carry food and drink etc for me as otherwise i'd spill it, plus i had a good excuse to keep sitting down and admiring the view!

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I get shakes from mine lol