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Case Reports
. 1979 Jun:134:624-6.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.134.6.624.

Dependency upon salbutamol inhalers

J G Edwards, S T Holgate
Case Reports

Dependency upon salbutamol inhalers

J G Edwards et al. Br J Psychiatry. 1979 Jun.

Abstract

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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