Get Informed: Combivent
Active Ingredient(s)
Combivent
What does it do?
This product is used primarily in the treatment of asthma and COPD. It works by producing bronchodilation, relaxing the airways. It is a combination product containing bronchodialators albuterol and ipratropium.
- Last Text Update:
- 2010-Mar-13 7:48 PM
- Last Data Update:
- 2010-Mar-13 9:01 PM
Other Names
- Combivent
- Albuterol Sulfate with Ipratropium Bromide
- Albuterol with Ipratropium
How Safe Is It?
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- Average Risk Rating
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- Pregnancy Category:
- C
- Black Box Warning:
- No
Facts & Figures
- Date Approved
- 24 Oct 1996
- Est US Patients*
- 432,400
- Generic Available
- Yes
- OTC Available
- No
User Age Distribution*
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
* Estimated number of US people currently taking Combivent or its active ingredient based on population adjusted patient numbers registered with iGuard.org.
Recent alerts for Combivent
There have been no iGuard.org alerts regarding Combivent during the past year.
Combivent Safety Report
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What is Combivent used for?
iGuard is currently tracking more than 2,800 patients that use Combivent (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)). Use the table below to learn why iGuard users take this product; click on any underlined condition to get information on other medications used for treatment.
| Disease / Condition | % | Average Severity |
|---|---|---|
| COPD | 67% | 
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| Asthma | 44% | 
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How well does Combivent work?
iGuard regularly polls our more than 2,800 users taking Combivent (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM) . This feedback is continuously updated in tables below for the benefit of the iGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@iguard.org.
Average Satisfaction Score
(out of 10)
Average Effectiveness Score
(out of 10)
- 80%
- of patients are confident that the good things about Combivent outweigh the bad things.
- 19%
- of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Combivent.
Common Side Effects of Combivent
iGuard regularly polls our more than 2,800 users taking Combivent (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) to monitor the development and frequency of side-effects. This feedback is continuously updated in tables and graphs below for the benefit of the iGuard community.
28% of patients experience side-effects on Combivent
2% of patients experience signifcant side-effects on Combivent
Most Common Side Effects...
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Restlessness
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Dryness
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Vision Changes
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Altered Taste/Smell
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Dizziness
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Palpitations
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Weight Gain
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Loss of Appetite
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Drowsiness
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Tremor
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= 10%
Global Patient Feedback for Combivent ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
Have been on the drug 9 years, crrect COPD symptoms a lot. Use with Quvar. I also so use the Proair inhaler and it is a anemic peace of junk. Ventalin works great. If a need a rescue inhaler.
73 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-05-09 18:39:30
Question/Comment:
I hope they don't stop making or selling Combivent it's the only thing that work's on my asthma.
49 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-18 10:47:18
Answer/Reply:
I was told by the mfg that combivent is NOT on the list to be discontinued. It is also my main stay (couldn't make it with out it).
77 year old mle
78 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-04-16 20:09:06
Answer/Reply:
I have to agree combivent is the only thing that works for severe asthma.I have tried everything and nothing works better than combivent plain and simple, bottom line!! 49 year old retired paper factory worker.When i started working in a paper factory,my asthma was at level 4,but as years went on my asthma got worse and even more worse.It was on june 20 2007 and it was mid summer and it was 90 degrees outside and 115 inside the building and there was no air or windows,and i dropped like a fly.I couldn't breath hardly at all and once i came to with help from co-workers that was it.My working days was over at that point, after 9 years of breathing in paper dust.I went to a lung specialist and told that my level went from 4 to 10 which was severe and then he told me it would turn into COPD because my asthma was severe and he said i would not be able to work anymore.It was about mid December of 2008 i had a bad cold and i had a hard time breathing where i couldn't catch my breath and sweating like crazy,so i was put in the hospital for 10 days and tests were taken and x-rays and COPD/ASTHMA showd up and that's when they told me about combivent and what a relief!!They better keep combivent coming thats the only thing that works.Duo Neb works just as good as combivent. Thank You Craig
49 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2010-01-23 23:41:59
Question/Comment:
I use the liquid solution in a nebulizer and it works great for me.It works a whole lot better than the just albuterol only solution.I also use Symbicort as a preventive measure.If you get to use
Symbicort follow directions exactly. It is not a rescue inhaler as I later found out.It raised my B/P
to 220 / 106. I simply abused it,cause I thought it was a rescue inhaler (My doc never never told
me otherwise.) After that time (ended up in ER) I read all med literature REALLY CAREFULLY.
LOL Scared the hell out of me
63 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-02-16 02:11:30
Answer/Reply:
do you have COPD or just asthma? I am not sure if my asthma is actually Copd and I would like to not take advair and I didnt know you could get combivent in a liquid for the machine thank you so much for the info. did you ever use advair?
47 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-17 22:05:43
Answer/Reply:
In 2004 a specialist for lung diseases gave me Advair. I faught Oral Thrush "5" times. The last time I went to another physician and she told me it was the Advair that was causing the thrush. The lung specialist knew this but never told me and I never went back to him. My new doctor put me on Cmbivent inhaler and Spiriva maintenance. I am doing just fine now.
66 year old Female – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2009-03-30 12:23:01
Question/Comment:
Combivent works well short term, but doesn't last long, and causes some nervousness.
52 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-06-17 10:38:17
Question/Comment:
Read the instructions, take as directed, never leave home unless you have it with you.
53 year old Male – Source: iGuard United States
Posted: 2008-03-10 00:00:00
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Combivent