Medication availability issues and inhaler device convenience features ... that many elderly patients cannot achieve; spacer devices help to overcome that problem, but their use entails reduced ...

You may also need to use a spacer to get the medication into your lungs. A dry powder inhaler (DPI) delivers medication to your lungs when you breathe in through the device. Unlike an MDI, ...

Don't brush the spacer if you use one with your dry powdered inhaler. Clean your nebulizer or soft mist inhaler device every week. These devices have many parts, and taking care of them is more ...

Therefore, even with optimal inhaler technique, a spacer or other device enhances drug presentation to the airway. This is particularly true if there are patient coordination and cooperation factors.

Devices: In this section the participants are asked to describe the essential differences between pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs ... to discuss when and how spacers can be best used ...