What is the advantage of albuterol (salbutamol) on the treatment of asthma, compared with isoprenaline?

Question

What is the advantage of albuterol (salbutamol) on the treatment of asthma, compared with isoprenaline?

Answer 1

I suspect the major advantage of albuterol is it has a significantly longer duration of action. It will generally potentiate an effect for 6-8 hours were as Isoprenaline will max out about 2 hours.

Albuterol does not have considerable cardiac effects that isoprenaline does. If you have any cardiac issues .... isoprenaline is definitely not the drug of choice.

The only advantage of isoprenaline to me is the quick onset of the drug ... other than that ... Im unaware of the point of prescribing an inferior drug ....