The adrenergic beta-2 agonists formoterol and salbutamol are used for the treatment of asthma COPD but also misused in sports competitions. Therefore, they included WADA regulations. Both drugs mainly excreted urine after administration via inhalation. A four-armed, double-blind cross-over clinical trial was conducted involving endurance-trained participants (12 females 12 males). Inhalation do...

The effect of combination of PG with DMSO, BC, IPM, Tween 80 and SLS on drug release rate was studied in vitro. The mechanism of drug release was also studied by using power law. Significant difference (One way ANOVA; p<0.05) in release rate among the 16 formulations was seen in the study. The release profiles of various formulations also showed that the added enhancers in individual batches af...

The study was carried out to desensitize spontaneously active isolated chick rectum with salbutamol in log doses starting from 100 nanogram and resensitize with various drugs as a result to revive the desensitized tissue and respond to Salbutamol. The tissue response after desensitization to alpha, beta adrenergic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists was isotonically recorded for 1...

BACKGROUND Commercially available salbutamol is a racemic mixture consisting of equal amounts of the two enantiomers, R-salbutamol and S-salbutamol, felt to be active and inert, respectively. METHODS A double blind, randomised, four way, crossover study was performed in 12 well controlled asthmatic subjects (forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) > 70% predicted, no beta 2 agonists for...

Inhalational insulin was withdrawn from the market due to its potential to produce airway hyper-reactivity and bronchoconstriction. So the present study was designed to explore the acute effects of insulin on airway reactivity of guinea pigs and protective effects of salbutamol and beclomethasone against insulin induced airway hyper-responsiveness on isolated tracheal smooth muscle of guinea pi...

Gelucire 50/13 (G50/13) was assessed to develop controlled release formulation of salbutamol sulphate (SBL) a highly water soluble drug by semisolid matrix filling capsule technique. Drug release profiles of SBL release by using G50/13 and its blends with other hydrophilic or hydrophobic materials were investigated. Lipid matrix formulations prepared with increasing amount of polymer showed a s...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether significant differences exist in lung bioavailability between generic (Salamol, Salbulin) and innovator (Ventolin) formulations of inhaled salbutamol given by metered dose inhalers. METHODS Ten healthy volunteers of mean age 20.5 years with a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of 112.1% predicted were studied in a randomised...

Salbutamol consists of a racemic mixture of R- and S-salbutamol. R-salbutamol (levalbuterol) is the active bronchodilating enantiomer, whereas S-salbutamol is thought to be pharmacologically inactive or to exert adverse effects. This study evaluated the bronchoprotective effects of inhalation of therapeutically relevant doses of the racemate and individual enantiomers in guinea pigs. It was fou...

PURPOSE Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) is a disorder caused by the delayed clearance of fetal alveolar fluid. β-adrenergic agonists such as albuterol (salbutamol) are known to catalyze lung fluid absorption. This study examined whether inhalational salbutamol therapy could improve clinical symptoms in TTN. Additional endpoints included the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of salbut...

The purpose of the present work was to engineer lactose carrier particles for inhalation using a solid-state crystallisation amorphous spray dried approach. A suspension contacted with hot ethanol 10 and 30 s produce spherical (ESDL10) (ESDL30) different degrees crystallinity, particle size, controlled surface rugosity. Lactohale® (control) engineered (ESDL) were characterised by Scanning Elect...