Levalbuterol HFA

Levalbuterol HFA Dosage

The dosage that your healthcare provider recommends will vary depending on a number of factors, including:
 
  • Whether you use levalbuterol HFA to treat or prevent asthma attacks
  • The severity of your asthma or other respiratory problems
  • Other medications you may be taking.
     
As is always the case, do not adjust your dose unless your healthcare provider specifically instructs you to do so.
 
(Click Levalbuterol HFA Dosing for more information.)
  

Drug Interactions

Levalbuterol HFA can potentially interact with several other medicines.
 
(Click Drug Interactions With Levalbuterol HFA for more information.)
  

Overdose With Levalbuterol HFA

People who take too much of this medication may have overdose symptoms that could include:
 
  • Chest pain (angina)
  • High blood pressure (hypertension) or low blood pressure (hypotension)
  • Fast heart rate (tachycardia)
  • Nervousness
  • Headaches
  • Shakiness (tremor)
  • Dry mouth
  • Feelings of a rapidly or forcefully beating heart (heart palpitations)
  • Nausea
  • Dizziness
  • Insomnia
  • Seizures
  • Irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia)
  • Fatigue
  • Low potassium in the blood (hypokalemia)
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Loss of life.
     
If you happen to overdose on levalbuterol HFA, seek medical attention immediately.
 
(Click Xopenex HFA Overdose for more information.)
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD;
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