Alupent Inhalation and GloStrips

• 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 are breathed in through the mouth to 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: fluorescein
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: AK-Fluor, Bio Glo, Fluor-I-Strips AT, Fluorescite, Ful-Glo, GloStrips

• It is used before an eye exam.