Dr. Fantas Blog: Can You Show Me How You Use Your Inhaler? - TopicsExpress



          

Dr. Fantas Blog: Can You Show Me How You Use Your Inhaler? This year a new type of delivery device for inhaled medications has become available. It is used to deliver the bronchodilators albuterol and ipratropium in combination (Combivent) and is called a “soft-mist” inhaler. With activation, a slow-moving mist of medication – somewhat like the aerosol from a nebulizer – is released for approximately 1½ seconds. A full dose of medication is contained within the mist, which is to be inhaled from the mouthpiece of the device. The soft mist inhaler joins a variety of other devices, including metered-dose inhalers, dry-powder inhalers, and hand-held nebulizers, used to deliver medications by inhalation. What strikes us as remarkable – ... Read More.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:31:51 +0000

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