Tabletas de terbutalina

Acerca de la terbutalina

Terbutaline belongs to a group of medicines called bronchodilators because it widens (dilates) your airways. It works by opening up the air passages in your lungs so that air can flow into your lungs more freely. This helps to ease symptoms such as coughing, sibilancias y feeling breathless.

Terbutaline is also available as an inhaler, which is the preferred way of taking the medicine. Terbutaline tablets are usually only prescribed for people (generally children or older adults) who are unable to use an inhaler. There is a separate medicine leaflet called Terbutaline inhaler and nebuliser which gives more information about terbutaline inhalers.

Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken. For these reasons, before you (or if appropriate, your child) start taking terbutaline it is important that your doctor knows:

• Si estás embarazada, intentando tener un bebé o amamantando. Esto se debe a que es particularmente importante que tu respiración esté bien controlada si estás embarazada.

• If you have heart or blood vessel problems, or an irregular heartbeat.

• Si tienes presión arterial alta.

• Si tienes una glándula tiroides hiperactiva.

• If you have high sugar levels in your blood (diabetes).

• If you have been told by a doctor that there are low levels of potassium in your blood.

• Si está tomando otros medicamentos. Esto incluye cualquier medicamento que se pueda comprar sin receta, así como medicamentos herbales y complementarios.

• Si alguna vez has tenido una reacción alérgica a un medicamento.

• Before you start the treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack. It will give you more information about terbutaline and will provide you with a full list of the side-effects which you could experience from taking it.

• Your doctor will tell you what dose is right for you (or your child). It is usual to take three doses every day. It is important that you take terbutaline exactly as your doctor tells you to. The directions for taking it will also be printed on the label of the pack to remind you about what the doctor said to you.

• When you start to take terbutaline, your doctor may give you a small dose and then increase it after a week or so. This allows your doctor to make sure that you have the dose that helps your condition but helps to avoid unwanted side-effects which can occur at the start of the new treatment.

• Try to take the doses of terbutaline at the same times each day, as this will help you to remember to take them regularly. You can take terbutaline tablets either before or after meals.

• If you forget to take a dose, take one as soon as you remember unless it is nearly time for your next dose. If it is almost time to take your next dose, wait until then and take the next dose as normal. Do not take two doses together to make up for a forgotten dose.
  

• Intenta mantener tus citas regulares con tu médico y clínica. Esto es para que tu médico pueda revisar tu condición de manera regular.

• If at any time your breathing gets worse, please contact your doctor or nurse for advice de inmediato. If you have asthma, you will receive a written asthma action plan from your nurse or doctor which will help you to manage your asthma and tell you what to do if you have an asthma attack.

• No fume. Fumar causa irritación y daño a los pulmones y empeorará su condición. Hable con su médico o enfermera para obtener más consejos si tiene dificultades para dejar de fumar.

• Si tienes diabetes, es posible que necesites controlar tu glucosa en sangre con más frecuencia, ya que la terbutalina puede afectar los niveles de azúcar en tu sangre. Tu médico te aconsejará al respecto.

• If you buy any medicines, please check with a pharmacist that they are suitable to take with terbutaline.

Junto con sus efectos útiles, la mayoría de los medicamentos pueden causar efectos secundarios no deseados, aunque no todos los experimentan. La tabla a continuación contiene algunos de los más comunes asociados con la terbutalina. Encontrará una lista completa en el prospecto del fabricante que se suministra con su medicamento. Los efectos no deseados a menudo mejoran a medida que su cuerpo se adapta al nuevo medicamento, pero hable con su médico o farmacéutico si alguno de los siguientes persiste o se vuelve problemático.

Si experimenta otros síntomas que cree que pueden deberse a la terbutalina, por favor hable con su médico o farmacéutico para obtener más consejos.

• Mantenga todos los medicamentos fuera del alcance y la vista de los niños.

• Almacenar en un lugar fresco y seco, lejos del calor y la luz directos.