[Comparative effects of acute tests using ventolin, ventodisk and intal plus in the ambulatory pulmonological...

In the outpatient setting, 108 patients with obstructive respiratory diseases were examined. They were divided into 3 equal groups which underwent acute ventolin, ventodisk, and intal plus tests. There were no differences in the frequency and magnitude of effects of the three agents as evidenced by the forced expiration flow-volume curve. At the same time albuterol insufflation through a disk-haler (ventodisk) caused powder irritation in some cases, those occurred less frequently with intal plus inhalations. It is concluded that ventolin or intal plus may be the drugs of choice in acute attacks of bronchospasm.