The Effect of Salbutamol on Breath Alcohol Testing in Asthmatics

Authors: Gomm, P.J., Osselton, M.D., Broster, C.G., Johnson, N.M. and Upton, K.

Journal: Medicine, Science and the Law

Volume: 31

Issue: 3

Pages: 226-228

eISSN: 2042-1818

ISSN: 0025-8024

DOI: 10.1177/002580249103100306

Abstract:

Subjects suffering from asthma can occasionally experience difficulty in providing adequate breath samples for evidential breath alcohol testing devices and may therefore resort to the use of bronchodilators such as salbutamol to improve their respiration. Experiments showed that although salbutamol caused bronchodilation it did not affect breath alcohol levels of asthmatics who have been drinking. The blood:breath alcohol ratios obtained from asthmatics were within the normally recorded range before and after use of salbutamol. We conclude that the use of salbutamol by asthmatics does not affect the reliability of measurements made by evidential breath alcohol testing devices. © 1991, The British Academy of Forensic Sciences. All rights reserved.

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The effect of salbutamol on breath alcohol testing in asthmatics.

Authors: Gomm, P.J., Osselton, M.D., Broster, C.G., Johnson, N.M. and Upton, K.

Journal: Med Sci Law

Volume: 31

Issue: 3

Pages: 226-228

ISSN: 0025-8024

DOI: 10.1177/002580249103100306

Abstract:

Subjects suffering from asthma can occasionally experience difficulty in providing adequate breath samples for evidential breath alcohol testing devices and may therefore resort to the use of bronchodilators such as salbutamol to improve their respiration. Experiments showed that although salbutamol caused bronchodilation it did not affect breath alcohol levels of asthmatics who have been drinking. The blood:breath alcohol ratios obtained from asthmatics were within the normally recorded range before and after use of salbutamol. We conclude that the use of salbutamol by asthmatics does not affect the reliability of measurements made by evidential breath alcohol testing devices.

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Preferred by: David Osselton

The effect of salbutamol on breath alcohol testing in asthmatics.

Authors: Gomm, P.J., Osselton, M.D., Broster, C.G., Johnson, N.M. and Upton, K.

Journal: Medicine, science, and the law

Volume: 31

Issue: 3

Pages: 226-228

eISSN: 2042-1818

ISSN: 0025-8024

DOI: 10.1177/002580249103100306

Abstract:

Subjects suffering from asthma can occasionally experience difficulty in providing adequate breath samples for evidential breath alcohol testing devices and may therefore resort to the use of bronchodilators such as salbutamol to improve their respiration. Experiments showed that although salbutamol caused bronchodilation it did not affect breath alcohol levels of asthmatics who have been drinking. The blood:breath alcohol ratios obtained from asthmatics were within the normally recorded range before and after use of salbutamol. We conclude that the use of salbutamol by asthmatics does not affect the reliability of measurements made by evidential breath alcohol testing devices.

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