Alupent and Exparel

• Generic Name: metaproterenol
• Dosage Forms: aerosol
• Other Brand Names: Alupent, Metaprel

Metaproterenol is used to treat asthma and bronchospasm in patients with bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases.

Metaproterenol belongs to the family of medicines known as adrenergic bronchodilators. Adrenergic bronchodilators are medicines that open up the bronchial tubes (air passages) in the lungs. They relieve cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, and troubled breathing by increasing the flow of air through the bronchial tubes.

This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.

• Generic Name: bupivacaine liposome
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Exparel

Exparel (bupivacaine) is an anesthetic (numbing medicine) that blocks nerve impulses in your body.

Exparel is used as a local (in only one area) anesthetic to numb an area of your body for a minor surgery such as bunion removal or hemorrhoid surgery.

Exparel is also used as a nerve block after surgery on your shoulder or upper arm, to provide pain relief to the area.