Hi Everyone, Here is Tip #54: POWDER INHALERS Each pharmaceutical company has made its own device fot delivery of its particular controller and reliever medicines. The most commonly used powder devices are: Accuhaler/Diskus (registered products) by GlaxoSmithKline Inflammide Novolizer 200/400 (registered products) by Boehringer Ingelheim. Turbuhaler (registered product) by AstraZeneca. Accuhaler/Diskus (registered products) contain the following medicines and are recognized by their color: Serevent (registered product), a long-acting reliever, is green in color. Flixotide (registered product) a controller, is orange in color. Seretide/Foxair (registered product), combination controllers, are purple in color. Inflammide Novolizer 200/400 (registered products) a controller, is white and red in color.7 Turbohaler (registered product) contains the following medicines and are white with a colored grip at the bottom. The medicine inside is recognized by the color of the grip. Bricanyl (registered product), a reliever, has a blue grip. Pulmicort (registered product), a controller, comes in three strengths: 100-microgram dose has a light brown grip. 200-microgram has a brown grip 400-microgram has a dark brown grip. Symbicord (registered product), a combination controller, has a red grip. If you have found this useful, click on Like and Share. Here are some videos about how to use the powder devices: youtu.be/MZFK8pZWRTo youtu.be/-PFodgl8wcE youtu.be/J9Rv9_ix3Fg
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:08:03 +0000
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