If you don't need to be able to carry it around, albuterol solution is still cheaply available for nebulizers - but you'll need a nebulizer (which isn't portabl

If you don't need to be able to carry it around, albuterol solution is still cheaply available for nebulizers - but you'll need a nebulizer (which isn't portable) to use it. ProAir HFA is one in which the legally permissible substitutions by the pharmacist are limited, largely because the old propellant (and thus generics based on it) is not legal for sale. We use trade names because they're shorter and easier for patients (and doctors) to remember. Outside of a few specialized areas - epilepsy, warfarin, thyroid hormone - very very few doctors use branded products when a generic is available (and there's nothing wrong with the generics there, except that you need to get the same product every time to titrate the dose, and unless you know that X pharmacy will only stock the drug from Y manufacturer, it's a crapshoot).