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‘Kids need to breathe just like adults do’: $35 price caps don’t apply to asthma meds young children need, doctors say
They’re called metered-dose inhalers, and they’re paired with a device called a spacer — essentially a face mask that connects to the dispenser. That enables the medicine to be given as an ...
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Device Selection and Outcomes of Aerosol Therapy
Aim: (1) To compare the efficacy and adverse effects of treatment using nebulizers vs pressurized metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) with or without a spacer/holding chamber vs dry powder inhalers (DPIs ...
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The History of the Asthma Inhaler
Porush created the first metered-dose inhaler (MDI) in just two months. By March 1956, the Food and Drug Administration had approved two new aerosol drugs for asthma, as well as Porush’s device ...