[Jeff Chandler]

I've never heard of anyone having an allergic reaction to (what was most likely) inhaled albuteral. As a matter of fact, it is often used to relieve the symptoms of allergic reaction. And how much could the teacher possibly have ingested from having it blown into her face? There must be more to this story, because what I read doesn't make sense.

Any pharmacists out there?

[blackbart.223]

"There must be more to this story, because what I read doesn't make sense."

It doesn't make sense. The next thing you know they will be jailing kids for farting in class. Deadly methane you know.

[texas booster]

This makes absolutely no sense at all. I've check a couple of websites, and albuterol is a very safe bronchodialator. I've personally used it for years. No are no major contraindications that I can find, although there are notes to notify your doctor is you are already on a heart medication.

It seems that he puffed two doses, and the white powder in the container came out of his mouth while speaking. It can happen if he speaks too soon after dosing. Big deal, I can't imagine that she could even smell it.

Me thinks, if the facts are as stated in this news story, that the teacher ought to be charged with filing a false report, and charged full price for the ambulance trip. Any teacher in America that is unfamiliar with asthma medications doesn't deserve to a classroom.

Sounds like fraud, or trying to get back at the kid. Strange that the reporter did not include more information on the teacher.

[Nataku X]

My bet is that she's a hypochrondaic. She probably thought that the asthma medicine was much more dangerous than it really was (and maybe she didn't realize it wasn't some deadly drug) and went to the ER "to be safe" or whatever.

We all know these types. A friend of mine once went to the ER when she cut her finger on a canned-food pryed-open lid (was convinced she'd get tetanus from a bunch of canned vegetables). The nurses "punished" her by making her wait 6 hours for her shot--good for 'em.

[corkoman]

This is total blarney - each dose from an inhaler is about 250 micrograms of which 100 micrograms gets lodged in the throat upon inhalation. about 100 micrograms is deposited in the lungs. At best about 50 micrograms could be expelled if he immediately exhales. Even if he were doing CPR on this teacher she(?) could have been exposed to miniscule amounts of drug.

There is a extremely low incidence of hypersensitivity to albuterol.

An "allergic" reponse would be indicated by an elevation of histamine and other inflammatory agents in the blood and if these are not present in a blood sample this teacher is guilty of a hysterical reaction not allergic reaction.