Metered Dose Inhaler Overview

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A metered-dose inhaler is a device that helps deliver a specific amount of medication to the lungs. It is commonly used to treat asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , and other respiratory problems. Because of normal naming conventions, MDIs are considered aerosolized. An inhaler consists of 2 major components. The canister and a mouthpiece. The canister itself consists a metering dose valve with an actuating stem, with the inside containing...


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Asthma is a serious condition, but one that can be well-controlled in most people. This guide takes you step by step through the condition.

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Metered dose inhaler better than dry powder inhaler?
Which one better?

First....I have had Asthma since I was 7. Your question in not quite clear...They both can be the same! I prefer and use 2 medications... Albuterol-an inhaler for sudden attacks, but do not...

Asked by Patrick - 13 months ago

Dosage for Albuterol inhaler?
My brother had a bad cough a few months ago and was given an albuterol...

Okay, you already know you aren't supposed to use his, so I won't tell you not too. Bronchitis sucks and if you are feeling like I was last Thursday...

Asked by Ryan - 26 months ago

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    ). "You're still using a metered-dose inhaler," he says. (A metered-dose inhaler is a propellant-driven Beginning Dec. 31, 2008, one of the mainstays of asthma treatment albuterol metered-dose inhalers

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  • Nebulizer versus Spacer - 4 replies

    I ask because my DS's doctor(s) prefer the metered-dose inhalers with the spacer for my son who minutes between nebs then switched him to inhaler treatments...so that also tells me...

    May 31, 2008

  • purchasing a nebulizer - 3 replies

    , children under age three may have difficulty inhaling albuterol with a metered... shown that taking albuterol by standard inhaler with a spacer is just as effective ...

    May 22, 2008

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