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Alternatives to Respiratory Inhalers or Nebulizers

Metered dose inhalers and nebulizers are used to treat moderate to severe symptoms of the chronic airway diseases of asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), emphysema and occasionally...

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Airline Asthma Inhaler Regulations

Asthmatics use a variety of inhaler medications to control their breathing. Although regulations posted at the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website say that all these...

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How to Strengthen Weak Lungs

Lungs take in air, allowing your body to absorb oxygen. However, if you have a breathing condition such as asthma or bronchitis or have chronically weak lungs, you may need to strengthen your lungs...

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How to Dispose of Inhaler Pharmaceuticals

Once those inhaler pharmaceuticals expire, it's time to throw them away. Leaving expired medicine of any kind around the house is not safe. But how you get rid of the spent or expired inhaler depends...

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How to Tell if an Inhaler Is Empty

As of 2008, estimates from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that 16.4 million people in the United States have asthma and more than 13 million suffer from chronic...

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What is a Patent Airway?

Medical professionals and those who work with trauma patients will hear the term “patent airway” used over and over. This is because a patent airway is absolutely crucial to the health and safety to...

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How to Clean Nebulizer Tubing

A nebulizer is a medical device that provides medicated breathing treatments for people with asthma or other lung conditions. Patients with lung ailments sometimes require medicines delivered in mist...

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How to Use Ventolin With a Spacer

Ventolin, a brochodilator, works to quickly open the airways in the event of constriction. Ventolin inhalers can be used by inserting in the mouth, and pressing the top of the inhaler and breathing in...

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How to Use a ProAir Inhaler

The ProAir HFA inhaler is a prescription instant-relief treatment for the symptoms of asthma, exercise-induced bronchospasm or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The albuterol sulfate medication in...

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How to Read a Peak Flow Meter

Peak Flow Meters are designed to measure the amount of air that can flow through the lungs, or the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR). For those who suffer from asthma, the device helps keep an eye on...

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How to Get Rid of Nasal Polyps

Nasal polyps are soft, teardrop-shaped noncancerous growths that develop in groups on your nasal passage lining or in your sinuses. They form when the tissue is chronically inflamed, particularly in...

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How to Prepare for a Methacholine Challenge

A methacholine challenge (MCT) is a breathing test that, if positive, aids a diagnosis of asthma or, if negative, leads a doctor to consider further investigation of other medical conditions. The MCT...

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Uses for Bronkaid

Bronkaid caplets, manufactured by Bayer Health Care, are used by patients who have trouble breathing due to respiratory problems, such as bronchial asthma, common colds and sinusitus. The caplets,...

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Methacholine Challenge Protocol

A methacholine challenge test is a diagnostic tool used to assess airway responsiveness. During the test, a constriction of the airways is triggered and measured. The results are then reviewed to...

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Metered Dose Inhaler Advantages

A metered dose inhaler (MDI) is a hand-held pressurized canister that delivers a mist of aerosolized medication to the lungs. This device is a common way of treating asthma and chronic obstructive...

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How to Quit Advair

Advair is a type of corticosteroid medication developed to treat asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema and other pulmonary disorders. An inhaler delivers the medication to patients...

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Levomethamphetamine Inhaler Abuse

Levomethamphetamine is an active ingredient most commonly found in over-the-counter nasal inhalers. It is also known as levmethamfetamine, l'methamphetamine, levodesoxyephedrine and l-desoxyephedrine.

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Problems With the ProAir Inhaler

ProAir is a type of beta antagonist bronchodilator. Beta antagonists are short-acting inhalers, which means the dosage from the inhaler will last for up to six hours. ProAir works by relaxing the...

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How to Calculate the Inspiratory Rate

Respiration, or breathing, involves inspiration and exhalation. Inspiration is the process in which air drawn in and forced into the lungs. The inspiratory rate is the amount of times that you breath...

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How to Use the AeroChamber With Your MDI

Inhaled asthma medications are often delivered by using a device called a metered dose inhaler, or MDI. A metered dose inhaler (MDI) is a small aerosol canister full of medication that fits into a...

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