Changes in plasma high density lipoproteins (HDL) levels after salbutamol.

Administration of salbutamol--in a single dose of 0.5 mg i.v. and in a dose of 8 mg twice daily during two weeks--was associated with an increase of HDL-cholesterol concentration in the serum of patients with chronic bronchitis and severe airway obstruction. At the end of the second week of oral treatment with salbutamol, the HDL-cholesterol concentration in serum increased by 6.9% (p less than 0.01).