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Dependency upon Salbutamol Inhalers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Guy Edwards  and
S. T. Holgate
J. Guy Edwards
Affiliation:
(Southampton University Medical School), Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton SO9 4PE
S. T. Holgate
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Robert B. Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, U.S.A. (formerly Lecturer in Medicine (Southampton University Medical School), Southampton General Hospital)
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Summary

A case of dependency on salbutamol inhalers has been described. This has been discussed in relation to abuse of other drugs by alveolar absorption and other effects of salbutamol. It is not known whether the dependency is due to the salbutamol itself or to the fluorinated hydrocarbons used as propellants.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 6 , June 1979 , pp. 624 - 626
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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