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Re:WHO List of Essential Medicines by bntyhntr on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:03PM (#27137629)
What is albuterol? Why does not having it render the entire list terrible? Could you elaborate in a way that inspires useful discourse?
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Re:WHO List of Essential Medicines by Baeocystin on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:34PM (#27137805)
It's a front-line medicine used for the treatment of asthma and COPD. As your sibling comment notes, it's on the list, just under its generic name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salbutamol

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Re:WHO List of Essential Medicines by thrdbndndn on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:30PM (#27138083)
Albuterol is also a generic name, just that it's USAN and different from INN.
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Re:WHO List of Essential Medicines by ics on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:33PM (#27137804)
> Albuterol is used to prevent and treat wheezing, difficulty breathing, chest tightness, and coughing caused by lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; a group of diseases that affect the lungs and airways). Albuterol is in a class of medications called bronchodilators. It works by relaxing and opening the air passages to the lungs to make breathing easier.

From https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a607004.html

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