Asthma is a common disease affecting your airways. According to the Mayo Clinic, airways in your lung become tight and inflamed. As this constriction ensues, airways begin producing a mucus that blocks oxygen from getting to your lungs. You have...
Ventolin (albuterol) is a beta-agonist bronchodilator. It is used to open the airways and make breathing easier. The Ventolin inhaler is a type of rescue inhaler. Although it can be prescribed for regular use, it is sometimes used in acute...
"Spacer" is the clinical term referring to all types of add-on holding devices that attach to metered dose inhalers, or MDIs, to assist the user in releasing and inhaling the medication. These devices fall within two categories, a spacer or a...
Asthma and Chronic Pulmonary Disoder, or COPD, are chronic respiratory diseases that affect the airways. In asthma, the bronchial walls become exceedingly sore and swollen where even the slightest irritant can cause an attack. When this occurs,...
Beclomethasone is a prescription steroid prescribed for preventing asthma attacks. This medication is administered as an inhaled aerosol and works by inhibiting the body's inflammatory response. Use of the beclomethasone inhaler is not appropriate...
Asthma is a chronic lung disease with symptoms including wheezing, coughing, difficulty breathing and/or a tight feeling in the chest, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inhalers treat the symptoms of asthma and...
The Nicotrol Inhaler provides low levels of nicotine to diminish the effects of nicotine withdrawal that occur when a person quits smoking. Although it is called an inhaler, the medication does not deliver nicotine into the lungs in the way...
Types of asthma inhalers include metered dose inhalers--MDIs--or dry powder inhalers--DPIs. Aerosolized medications used to treat asthma are a crucial part of the disease-management process. According to National Jewish Health, MDIs containing...
When asthma attacks strike, the inflamed air passages squeeze tighter and make catching your breath even more difficult. The use of anti-inflammatory medications, often steroids that are inhaled, is usually recommended to ease inflammation and...
Albuterol sulfate is a bronchodilator that aids in the prevention and treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, symptoms like wheezing, breathing difficulty and chest tightness, according to MedlinePlus. Asthma is a...
Asthma inhalation medications treat the chronic respiratory disease in several ways. During an attack, bronchial pathways constrict causing inhibited breathing, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing, according to MedlinePlus. Fast-acting and...
An albuterol inhaler (brand names Accuneb, ProAir HFA, Proventil, Proventil HFA and Ventolin HFA) is a medication used to treat the symptoms of an asthma attack. The Mayo Clinic defines an asthma attack as the inflammation and constriction of...
AirLife inhalation formulas include liquid saline and sterile water for the treatment of respiratory conditions such as asthma. The inhalant is administered through a nebulizer, which turns the solution into a fine mist by pushing oxygen through a...
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that causes the airways to become sore and swollen. Sensitivities to external triggers such as pollen, animal dander and perfumes can cause the airways to constrict making breathing difficult. Typical asthma...
The Serevent Diskus is a teal-green dry-powder inhaler containing 28 or 60 units of salmeterol xinafoate inhalation powder, which is a long-acting medication for chronic asthma. Multiple precautions and warnings are associated with this...
Many medications (including those used to treat asthma and other respiratory disorders) are most effective when they are inhaled, because it allows them to act directly on the lungs and the bronchial tissues. These medications can be dispensed in...
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that is characterized by symptoms of wheezing, coughing, a tight feeling in the chest and difficulty breathing. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 16.4 million adults and 7 million...
Vicks products are common over-the-counter medications used to treat common cold and flu symptoms, such as sore throat, fever, runny nose and sneezing, aches and pains, head congestion, chest congestion and cough. The Vicks VapoInhaler, however,...
A nicotine inhaler is a helpful smoking cessation aid for smokers who finally decide to part ways with an old habit--cigarette smoking. An inhaler is one form of nicotine replacement therapy, or NRT, which gives your body nicotine in controlled...
The Combivent (ipratropium bromide and albuterol sulfate) inhaler---also known as the Combivent Inhalation Aerosol---is a prescription medication indicated for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who continue to have...
A metered dose inhaler, or MDI, is a small hand-held drug delivery device that dispenses doses of an aerosolized medication to the lungs. The Federal Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation Research classifies MDIs as a drug and device...
Combivent inhalers combine albuterol and ipratropium, which are both bronchodilators, or drugs that open the airways. Doctors prescribe Combivent when chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, or COPD, like emphysema and chronic bronchitis aren't...
One quit-smoking option is the smoking inhaler. Shaped like a cigarette, it comes with 42 cartridges, all of which provide 300 to 400 puffs each. These cartridges contain a combination of nicotine and menthol, with peak absorption of nicotine...
Inhalers are hand-held, portable devices that deliver medicine directly to the lungs. A New England Journal of Medicine-published study showed that higher amounts of medicine can reach the airways and side effects are fewer with inhalers than with...
Patients who experience breathing problems due to chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, such as emphysema and bronchitis, or asthma, may find relief by using the Combivent inhaler. This device includes two bronchodilator medications, albuterol...
Asthma is a serious respiratory condition involving constriction of the airways that allow air to flow into the lungs. In severe cases, bronchospasm (tightening of the airways) can cause extreme shortness of breath and may result in loss of...
Asthma is a respiratory problem that is caused by an unusually sensitive immune system. In asthmatics, normally harmless stimuli, such as dust, cold air, exercise, and allergens, lead to a dramatic immune reaction. The immune system causes...
Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the lungs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that more than 20 million people in the United States suffer from asthma. Common symptoms experienced by asthma...
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