metaproterenol meaning

Noun: metaproterenol

1. A bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness
   - Alupent

Type of: bronchodilator

Encyclopedia: Metaproterenol

[Medicine]
A beta-adrenergic agonist used in the treatment of asthma and bronchospasms. n : a beta-adrenergic bronchodilator C₁₁H₁₇NO₃ that is used in the treatment of bronchial asthma and reversible bronchospasm associated with bronchitis and emphysema and that is administered in the form of its sulfate —see ALUPENT

• metaproterenol polistirex:    [Medicine]A beta-a ...
• metaproterenol sulfate:    [Medicine]A beta-a ...

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1. Take the case of a prescription asthma drug called metaproterenol.
2. Metaproterenol and terbutaline ( widely used bronchodilators ), also some aerosol corticosteroid preparations.
3. Nonetheless, metaproterenol stayed a prescription drug.
4. By the late 1980s isoetharine was largely replaced in the marketplace by orciprenaline ( metaproterenol ), which seemed to have slightly less cardiac side effect and lasted a couple of hours longer.
5. On June 29, 2006, Cornell University and Stanford University researchers reported that a meta-analysis they conducted found that " regularly inhaled � agonists ( orciprenaline / metaproterenol [ Alupent ], formoterol [ Foradil ], fluticasone + salmeterol [ Serevent, Advair ], and salbutamol / albuterol [ Proventil, Ventolin, Volmax, and others ] ) increased the risk of respiratory death more than two-fold, compared with a placebo, " while used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ).