Here in Australia we have different names for just about everything --
but I still take Nuelin (one of our brandnames for theophyllin) if the
ventolin (salbutamol) and beclaforte (a steroid) aren't working. Even
in hospital I've found a theohyllin drip about the best relief drugs
going.
Going way back I remember from my childhood hideous bright yellow
tablets I had to put under my tongue -- they were described as a
homologue of adrenalin -- and also had a liquid version of the same to
puff through a glass atomiser with rubber bulb. Ah, those were the
days ------
Anthony