Schnapf B M, Santeiro M L
Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 1994 Apr;10(2):87-8. doi: 10.1097/00006565-199404000-00006.
This report describes a precocious eight-year-old child who presented with hallucinations from excessive use of albuterol inhalers. Shifting the child to a powdered form of albuterol (without the fluorocarbon propellant) controlled his asthma, and his behavior improved rapidly. The potential harmful effects of fluorocarbons used as propellants for inhalers are discussed.