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Article: Sticking to the program: education, new inhaler technology, and follow-up can coax even the most recalcitrant patients into compliance.(Report)
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- July 1, 2008
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Proper use of a metered dose inhaler (MDI) is important not only to relieve asthma symptoms, but also to reduce the incidence of asthma-related nighttime awakenings and the sleep-deficit problems such nocturnal disruptions can produce.
Not everyone knows how to use an MDI properly, though, and sometimes it is surprising to discover just who it is that does not. Bill Pruitt, MBA, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, tells of one long-time MDI user who was in the habit of putting the mouthpiece between his lips and drawing a breath while dispensing two puffs of medication in rapid succession on that same single inhalation--patently incorrect technique. ...