Struggling with your asthma medicine? An asthma inhaler works most effectively if you deliver your medication slowly, so this is where a spacer device can be useful to help you achieve this goal. Many ...

This month’s Pharmacology Consult, related to this month’s special focus on Asthma and Allergy in the Office, discusses the use of asthma drug delivery and delivery devices. In addition to the ...

LOWELL — School nurses are preparing to distribute almost 2,400 asthma spacers to Lowell Public Schools students in coming weeks. The initiative, funded through a $20,000 grant from the Greater Lowell ...

The most important advantage of inhaled delivery of medicines is that they are delivered directly into the airways and lungs, resulting in higher local concentrations, lower systemic exposure and ...

When an asthma attack occurs, many sufferers use a device — a “spacer” — to increase the chances that rescue medicine travels from an inhaler all the way down to the airways where it is needed. A new ...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that affects millions of people around the world. Aerosol drug delivery is the first line administration route in asthma management, and metered dose inhalers ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Key Takeaways Asthma inhalers can be for quick relief or long-term control.Rescue inhalers work by relaxing your airway muscles to help you breathe better.People ...

Health professionals tasked with advising patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) how to use inhaler devices properly and what to do about unwanted effects will be aware ...

A recent study conducted in caregivers of young children with asthma receiving care at an urban, community-based clinic uncovered shockingly low rates of correct use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs).

Open Airways continued its push to share asthma awareness with the Island's school students last week when nurses Debbie Barboza and Liz Boden held a lively interactive assembly at St. David's primary ...

Many children with asthma don't use their inhalers properly and don't get a full dose of medicine, researchers report. They evaluated inhaler use among 113 children between the ages of 2 and 16 who ...