Ipratropium (Inhalation)
Brand Names : Atrovent, Apo-Ipravent, Kendral-Ipratropium
CategoryDescriptionIpratropium (I-pra-TROE-pee-um) is a bronchodilator (medicine that opens
up narrowed breathing passages). It is taken by inhalation to help control
the symptoms of lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema.
Ipratropium helps decrease coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and troubled
breathing by increasing the flow of air into the lungs.
When ipratropium inhalation is used to treat acute, severe attacks of asthma,
bronchitis, or emphysema, it is used only in combination with other bronchodilators.
Ipratropium is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following
dosage forms:
Inhalation
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Inhalation aerosol (U.S. and Canada)
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Inhalation solution (U.S. and Canada)
Brand NamesSome commonly used brand names are:
In the U.S. -
In Canada -
- Apo-Ipravent
- Atrovent
- Kendral-Ipratropium
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