Raghunathan Kalpana, Nagajothi Nagapradeep
Department of Internal Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences, North Chicago, IL, USA.
South Med J. 2006 Mar;99(3):288-9. doi: 10.1097/01.smj.0000202699.93002.e8.
We report a case of paradoxical bronchospasm to both levalbuterol and albuterol. While the exact mechanism for this known adverse effect of albuterol is not known, awareness of this adverse effect can be life saving to the patient. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of paradoxical bronchospasm to levalbuterol inhalation solution.