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Beta-agonist inhaler causing hallucinations
1Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|April 1, 1994
Abstract:
This report describes a precocious eight-year-old child who presented with hallucinations from excessive use of albuterol inhalers. Shifting the child to a powdered form of albuterol (without the fluorocarbon propellant) controlled his asthma, and his behavior improved rapidly. The potential harmful effects of fluorocarbons used as propellants for inhalers are discussed.