Albuterol Alternative?!

Albuterol Alternative?

I was prescribed albuterol, and I had the horrbible side effects of rapid hearbeat, and nausea. It was awful.
Are there any asthma meds that DON'T cause this?

I have tachycardia and PVC's (an irregular heartbeat that's too fast), and I have asthma. I take albuterol (because i can't afford advair) but albuterol causes my heart to race ( like 190-210 beats a minute).

There ARE medications that can be used instead of albuterol that will lower the need for albuterol -- some of these medications are advair, beclovent, and azmacort. Long-lasting inhalers.

Short-term inhalers such as albuterol, metoproterenol., and pirbuterol all have a risk of increasing the heart-rate, it's because of the way that they work in the heart and lungs. Using one of the long-acting inhalers will decrease your need for the rapid acting inhalers, and thus decrease the side effects.

Another option is to add a medication called a beta-blocker to your treatment regimen . . . but, there's a problem.

Medicines like albuterol help the "beta's" because when the 'beta's" are helped, we breathe more easily (but, our heart-rate goes up, too).

If you add a beta-blocker (like a low dose of metoprolol) it means that your albuterol will be less effective . . . and your asthma may get worse (because beta-blockers block the "beta's" . . .and the "beta's" help us to breathe more easily).