Should I worry about my pupils shrinking when I use my albuterol inhaler?
I only use my inhaler very rarely, when I’m having severe trouble breathing due to very bad air quality. Tonight was one of the times I needed to use it, and I immediately began feeling the unpleasant side effects that I normally get, most notably tremor and spasms. I was in the car (as a passenger) when I used it, and noticed that I was dizzy and my vision felt strange, which I don’t recall happening previous times when I’ve used the inhaler. When I got home I looked in a well-lit mirror to find that my pupils were incredibly tiny. My vision is usually very sensitive to light to the point where I squint even in moderate light, but so little light was getting in that I could open my eyes wider than I’ve ever opened them before.
I did an online check for side effects of albuterol, hoping this was normal. I found dilated (widened) pupils as a rare symptom, but not a word about shrunken pupils. The shrinking started to go away after about 20 minutes.









