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Asthma is a disease of the human respiratory system where the airways narrow, often in response to a "trigger" such as exposure to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing, which respond to bronchodilators.

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courtR 02/25/2010

I recently took my inhaler i use it only when i need it and it had a very weird and unusual taste with it. Not that there s a strong taste in albuterol sulfate, it left an odd tase in my mouth. Does albuterol go bad or get icky if not used in oh 2 weeks?

deleted_user 02/25/2010

no it doesnt. i was on that and it always did that. rinse your mouth out after doing it.
it could be that youre doing it wrong too, when i first started using the inhaler i was pointing it down and it used to get on my tongue.

if you dont like the taste you can use a spacer too. that helps

asthmasucks 02/25/2010

definitely use a spacer and defintley rinse your mouth right after. It should not go bad for a year unless its around extreme heat.

deleted_user 02/25/2010

I use one and it doesnt really have a bad taste. i cant even taste it. srry i cant be much help.

deleted_user 02/28/2010

They told me that my old type of inhaler wasn't availabe so they gave me proair. I really dislike the taste too. Like they said, rinsing your mouth out helps.

courtR 03/03/2010

thanks everyone :-)

naturally 03/04/2010

There are three brands of albuterol HFA inhalers that I know of: Proair HFA, Proventil HFA and Ventolin HFA. Each seemed to have their own, unique taste. I don't like the taste of Proair HFA or Proventil HFA; both contain ethanol. Ventolin HFA, I believe doesn't contain ethanol and it hardly has a taste to me.

deleted_user 03/09/2010

ProAir kind of tastes like weird tangerines to me. I use a spacer but I can still taste a bit. Definitely wash out your mouth. It shouldn't go bad unless you leave it in extreme heat. Medicine tends to decline in efficacy rather than "go bad".

deleted_user 03/16/2010

My doctor told me at my last visit if you dont use it daily you have purge it meaning that you spray it once out into the air THEN take your 2 sprays. That might help.

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