Salbutamol | β₂ adrenergic receptor agonist

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

Dr. Mike Todorovic

Physiology, Physiotherapy, Health & Fitness, University, Science, Nursing, Education, Health, Anatomy, Medicine

4.8 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Salbutamol, also known as albuterol or ventolin is a short-acting β₂ adrenergic receptor agonist used to relax the airways during asthma. In this episode, Dr Matt & Dr Mike discuss its history, why it's used, how it works, and more!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Welcome, friends, family and foe, to another episode of Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's medical podcast.
0:30.3	I'm your host, Dr. Mike Tenorovich, and I'm joined by my co-host, the owner of Bunnings Warehouse, Dr. Matthew Barton.
0:37.3	How are you, Maddie?
0:39.1	Basically, I am.
0:40.4	Yeah, you're there every week.
0:42.3	Anyway, you'll be proud of this.
0:43.8	I bought a treadmill.
0:45.3	Oh, good job.
0:46.3	Are you using it?
0:47.6	I am, but only in 10 second bursts.
0:50.2	Oh, why's that?
0:51.7	Well, there's a label on it that says,
0:53.4	stop using it when you're experience shortness of breath.
0:57.1	Good job, good job.
0:59.8	Today, we're talking about a drug that can be taken when somebody experiences shortness of breath, specifically asthma, generally.
1:09.1	COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This is a drug
1:13.9	called celbutamol, probably in the US known as albuterol, and just normally probably brand name
1:21.7	wise, people call it ventilin, right? And this is a little reliever drug that's used to help relieve the symptoms of things like asthma
1:31.3	and obstructive airway disease, right?
1:34.6	What are those symptoms?
1:36.1	Well, shortness of breath, like when you run on the treadmill.
1:40.5	That's pretty much the main one.
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