Contraindicated with hypersensitivity to terbutaline; tachyarrhythmias, tachycardia caused by digoxin toxicity; general anesthesia with halogenated hydrocarbons or cyclopropane, which sensitize the myocardium to catecholamines; unstable vasomotor system disorders; labor and delivery (may inhibit labor; parenteral use of beta-adrenergic agonists can accelerate fetal heartbeat, cause hypoglycemia, hypokalemia, and pulmonary edema in the mother and hypoglycemia in the neonate); lactation.

Use cautiously with diabetes, coronary insufficiency, CAD, history of stroke, COPD patients who have developed degenerative heart disease, hyperthyroidism, history of seizure disorders, psychoneurotic individuals, hypertension, prolonged QT interval