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2. What is an asthma spacer device and how do you use it? - AOL

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   ️ Insert the inhaler mouthpiece into the hole in the end of the spacer (the inhaler should fit snugly and without difficulty - see below). ️ Place the mask over the child's nose and mouth so ...

3. Inhaler spacer - Wikipedia

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   Metered-dose inhaler (MDI); the mouthpiece slots into the back of the spacer.. To use an inhaler without a spacer requires coordinating several actions in a set order (pressing down on the inhaler, breathing in deeply as soon as the medication is released, holding your breath, exhaling), and not everyone is able to master this sequence.

4. Metered-dose inhaler - Wikipedia

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   A metered-dose inhaler consists of three major components: the canister, which is produced in aluminum or stainless steel by means of deep drawing, where the formulation resides; the metering valve, which allows a metered quantity of the formulation to be dispensed with each actuation; and an actuator (or mouthpiece) which enables the patient ...

5. Pulmonary drug delivery - Wikipedia

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   Pulmonary drug delivery is mainly utilized for topical applications in the lungs, such as the use of inhaled beta-agonists, corticosteroids and anticholinergic agents for the treatment of asthma and COPD, the use of inhaled mucolytics and antibiotics for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CT) and respiratory viral infections, [1] and the use of inhaled prostacyclin analogs for the treatment of ...

6. Pirbuterol - Wikipedia

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   Pirbuterol (trade name Maxair) is a short-acting β 2 adrenoreceptor agonist with bronchodilating action used in the treatment of asthma, available (as pirbuterol acetate) as a breath-activated metered-dose inhaler. It was patented in 1971 and came into medical use in 1983. [1]

7. Doctors urged to ditch blue inhalers for asthma treatment ...

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   It said the Ventolin Evohaler brand of salbutamol, a common asthma reliever, contained more gas per puff than other salbutamol metered dose inhalers, comparing it to a 115-mile journey in a petrol ...