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Chest, Vol 102, 742-747, Copyright © 1992 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Effects of ipratropium bromide nebulizer solution with and without preservatives in the treatment of acute and stable asthma

DH Bryant and P Rogers
Thoracic Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

In a recent study, it was suggested that the preservatives in ipratropium bromide nebulizer solution may cause a paradoxic bronchoconstrictor response in 20 percent or more of patients with stable asthma. The frequency of this response in patients with acute asthma is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the acute effects of the usual dose of nebulized ipratropium bromide (0.25 mg) in patients with either stable or acute asthma using formulations with and without added preservatives. Twenty-five patients with stable asthma and 25 patients with acute asthma were studied. Each subject was given preservative-containing ipratropium bromide, preservative-free ipratropium bromide, pH 7 preservative-free ipratropium bromide, and saline solution in random order using a double-blind crossover technique with at least 4 h between drug administrations. Very frequent measurements of FEV1 were made for 30 min after each drug administration and then 5 mg of albuterol was nebulized and the FEV1 was measured again after another 30 min. Changes in FEV1 were expressed as a percentage of the predicted FEV1. Paradoxic bronchoconstriction to ipratropium was detected in only one patient with acute asthma (12 percent fall in FEV1) but in none of the patients with stable asthma. A 6 percent fall in FEV1 change occurred with the saline solution in this subject suggesting that the response may have been a nonspecific one due to increased bronchial responsiveness. The mean response (+/- 1 SD) to albuterol plus either preservative-containing ipratropium, preservative-free ipratropium, or pH7 preservative-free ipratropium was significantly greater (p less than 0.05) than the response to albuterol alone both in the patients with acute asthma (25 +/- 12 percent, 27 +/- 15 percent, 26 +/- 15 percent, and 20 +/- 15 percent, respectively) and stable asthma (26 +/- 7 percent, 25 +/- 8 percent, 24 +/- 6 percent, and 22 +/- 9 percent) supporting the use of ipratropium bromide as an additional bronchodilator in patients with asthma who do not show a satisfactory response to nebulized beta-adrenergic agonist.


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