Your inhaler

I use a small spacer for my inhaler. It has really improved my experience! I hghly recommend it.

As for inhalers I used to have an autohaler, but I found it really impractical! So I quicly switched it :) 

I've recently been given a new treatment on a turbo inhaler i'd have to check the name but it's working a teat much better than the gas shake inhaler

Hey guys,

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All the best,

Gilda 

I use a blue ventolin inhaler and a mauve seretide inhaler both with a spacer device, as I can never get the hang of using them without the spacer. I don't personally find the seretide to be that great for me, it never seems to prevent my airways closing up around my asthma triggers, despite using it twice a day. I was once given one of the inhalers that look like a space ship, all round in shape (cannot remember the name of it), but I couldn't get on with it at all. The medicine was just going onto my tongue instead of down my lungs, and it was so fiddley to open too, I mean who needs to struggle with their inhaler if they are in the middle of an attack? I like and use the original allen and hambury inhalers. I also take a Montelukast tablet a day, I know many people have good results with these, but again for me it doesn't seem to help when inhaling perfumes outside.

i use Symbicort turbohaler 400    twice a day and can use it extra if i need also have a blue ventolin which is just for emergency.

and a  daily Montelukust tablet. 

i would recommend turbohaler , have tried many different sort s over the years from the puffer ones in the 60's . spinhaler , brown and red inhalers preventive inhalers

 I do not have a spacer, I have tried but found it too difficult

Is the turbohaler 400 a powder inhaler? I have tried a powder one in the past, but did not get on with it, as I was just getting the powder in my mouth and on my tongue, not down my lungs. I always use a Allen and Hambury spacer, it's the only way I can take my inhalers.

yes the turbohaler is a powder, never had the problem of powder in my mouth with this inhaler.

it does have disadvantages 1. it does not have a removable canister so washing is limited to a rub of the mouth piece,

2. Does not last as long as other inhalers for me 2 weeks at the most -taking 2 puffs twice a day.

pic of symbicort turbohaler

If it wasn't for the spacer for inhaler if have less control on my asthma than I do now tho I get periods where I struggle but spacer with ventolin is a gdrecipe for me I'm on beclazone it's awful the taste and sensation down the throat is menacing so I stick to the symbicourt I was put on recently twice daily 

I use spiriva which is a powder inhaler via a capsule, also I use Relvar Ellipta which is a once a day powder inhaler. The Relvar replaced seretide 500, my pulmonary nurse wanted to reduce my steroid intake since my copd is well behaved. The two things I do when using the powder inhalers is I clean my teeth prior to their use (I take them first thing in the morning). Rinse my mouth with water after their use to remove any powder that only made it to my tongue. Having read up on dry powder inhalers, it is normal that only a small percentage of the meds will get into the lungs, but this is allowed for in the dosage. If your inhaler use worries you, get your gp or pulmonary practice nurse to watch you use them, just so you can be reassured that you are using them properly. I have ventolin (blue inhaler) as a rescue, but very rarely use it.  

Hi. I use a Seebri inhaler once a day and a ventolin (with a spacer) when I have a bad day. The Seebri is via a capsule which spins in the special inhaler. I'm retired now but used to work in mental health. I worked with a couple of people with nasty mental health and physical problems attributable to high steroid use. I will avoid steroids in every case if I can as a result. However, I do know that the miniscule amount in some inhalers is harmless and can be of great advantage.