Ivax versus Ventolin

Has anybody been given Ivax when you have requested Ventolin and if so how do you find the effects?

[KateMoss]

Hello Andy,

I think Ivax is a generic name or another company that makes Ventolin.

The generic drug name for Ventolin is Salbutamol so if you look at your Ivax inhaler it probably says Salbutamol. It is the same drug but under a different name. I assume the inhaler is still blue?

Bit like instant coffee - can be Nescafe or Kenco but still coffee! (CafeDirect is best though LOL)

Basically it is the same thing under a different brand name.

Kate

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its practically the same thing, my sister in law is boarderline and has it. The only differences are the taste (i had to use hers once whilst cycling, forgot my inhaler and saw her by chance) and size. The Ivax reliever inhaler is called salamol whilst the Allen and Hanburys (which I have) is called Ventolin.

The good thing is about these differences is if there are 2 asthmatics in the house, you know whos inhalers are whos

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Hi andy. I have Ivax and have used ventolin and it does exactly the same thing. I personally prefer Ivax and request it when I get my prescription coz being a girl its smaller and fits in my handbag better!!!!

Smithy

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have just had this for 1st time - tasstes different to ventolin, so am now weighing up smaller inhaler vs taste i don't like!

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i have the ivax. only had ventolin once and really didn't lioke taste. but both work ass well as each other

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guess it depends on what you're used to, i remember hating the new ventolin tast when they changed from inhalers to evohalers all those years ago

[Moose1]

Thought i'd throw my voice into the ring :oD

As others have said, Salbutamol is the drug not matter what the inhaler is called (it's brand name)

IVAX is just the company that makes the inhalers. My current reliever is made my IVAX but is called Salamol, my new reliever is also made my IVAX but is called Airomir. I prefer the Salamol cus it's quite gentle when breathed in (should point on i have breathe activated relievers) but the Salamol i find tends to come unscrewed. The Airomir has a lever on top so doesn't come unscrewed but is really powerful when i breathe it in. My Prescription just says 'Salbutamol' so it's up to the pharamacy what they give you. I believe tho, if you ask you GP to state Ventolin on your prescription, that's what you should get.

There are quite a few different brand names for Salbutamol. - Aerolin, Airomir, Asmasal, Asmaven, Maxivent, Salamol, Salbulin, Ventodisks, Ventolin and Volmax are just a few :o)

I think it does just come down to what you, as an individual, prefer.

Hope i haven't cofused things further!

Christine

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i have Ivax for when i am relitavly 'good' and venolin MDI for when i am not as i can't always take a good breath for the ivax, but i doo like it when i can take it.

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Ive had asthma for 40 years and I have been given the IVAX brand for 4+ months now, I refuse to accept it any more as they are faulty and extremely defective, 5 out 5 inhalers have stopped working, forcing me to go to another Doctors surgery as my old surgery would prescribe nothing else but IVAX (to save money) and I had to log a complaint against the doctor prescribing them, as she was rude telling me if I didn't like it to leave the surgery. Unbelievable behavior.

If you accept them, be extremely careful. In my opinion. They do not work. Therefore there are un reliable, therefore dangerous.

Ventolin has never, never blocked or clogged on me. IVAX is junk. In my opinion.

[gwenvilla50 in reply to Hidden]

I could not agree more. Having a battle with my surgery to get back to Ventolin. Ivax is faulty and useless.

[boxers66 in reply to Hidden]

I have a similar opinion. I suddenly received IVAX via my standing prescription and because of the branding, I assumed it was ventolin in a smaller inhaler. I've been asthmatic for over 50 years and immediately realised that IVAX does not give the relief that ventolin does-especially for a sudden sharp attack. At times, I was unsure if it was actually dispensing a dose! I told my asthma nurse that I didn't trust it as a reliever and she said she had similar feedback from other asthmatics. My prescription now explicitly states VENTOLIN!

[triff]

Old post but I'll chuck my 2p in after Googling 'ventolin vs ivax' to see if it was just me.

I don't find the Ivax inhalers to work nearly as well as Allen & Hanburys (standard Ventolin), this could be partly down to 35+ years on A&H and maybe 5 prescriptions in all of that lot where I've gone to a chemist that's given me Ivax instead.

Your mileage may vary but where one puff of a Ventolin will normally sort me out straight away, I find myself going back for a second or third from an Ivax inhaler.

I now know which local pharmacies stock which brands and I only go to those that stock A&H, the size and taste don't bother me. Where I am (North West), Tesco always give me Ventolin and McCann's Pharmacy always give me Ivax.