• Terbutaline belongs to the family of medicines known as bronchodilators. Bronchodilators are medicines that relax the muscles in the bronchial tubesand widens airways (air passages) of the lungs. They relieve cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, and troubled breathing by increasing the flow of air through the bronchial tubes.
• Terbutaline comes as an oral tablet, and as an intravenous (IV) form that’s only given by a healthcare provider.

Terbutaline is used to prevent bronchospasm in patients 12 years of age and older with asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases.

• Shakiness in the legs, arms, hands, or feet
• trembling or shaking of the hands or feet
• Less common
• Extra heartbeat
• feeling faint, dizzy, or lightheadedness
• feeling of warmth or heat
• flushing or redness of the skin, especially on the face and neck
• headache
• sweating
• decreased potassium level in blood

• Terbutaline should not be used to stop or prevent premature labor in pregnant women, especially in women who are not in a hospital.
• Terbutaline has caused serious side effects, including death, in pregnant women who took the medication for this purpose.
• Terbutaline has also caused serious side effects in newborns whose mothers took the medication to stop or prevent labor.