What is a Bronchodilator? This video covers the medical definition and provides a brief overview of this topic.
That relaxes smooth muscle tissue in the increase airflow and make breathing easier brief overview of this topic so if you’re ready let’s get into it bronchodilators are one of the most common classes of medications that are used in the field of respiratory care as previously mentioned they are often used for the treatment
Of obstructive conditions such as asthma and copd in general there are two primary types of bronchodilators bronchodilators act on beta-2 receptors in the airways which causes the smooth muscle tissue to relax and helps the airways open back up conditions that cause acute bronchospasm beta-2 agonist and
Long-acting beta-2 are known as rescue drugs because they are used to treat acute bronchospasm for example if a patient is having an acute asthma attack then a short-acting bronchodilator would be indicated long-acting beta-2 agonists on the other hand are known as maintenance medications that is because they are
Used to control and maintain conditions that cause chronic bronchospasm maintenance of patients with stable asthma and copd who are not having an acute exacerbation if a patient is having an acute attack a short fast-acting bronchodilator would be indicated however if the patient is in stable condition this
Is where long-acting bronchodilators are useful to help prevent acute exacerbations from occurring some examples of short-acting beta-2 agonists include albuterol zopanex and metaproterenol include bravana salmeterol and formoterol hand act on the parasympathetic nervous system action of the neurotransmitter
Acetylcholine muscles in the airways of the lungs there are both short-acting and long-acting anticholinergic agents as well hypotropium bromide aka atrovin examples of long-acting anticholinergic agents include tudorsa spiriva and the anoro inhaler again for this video we just wanted to provide you with a
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