Associate Health Minister David Seymour welcomes Pharmac’s decision to improve access to asthma inhalers and long-acting ...

How To Use an MDI Inhaler Without a Spacer. Take off the mouthpiece cover, then: Shake it for 5 seconds. Hold the inhaler up with your index finger on top and your thumb underneath to support it.

Each puff from that type of inhaler releases a hydrofluorocarbon gas that is 1,430 to 3,000 times as powerful as the most commonly known greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. "That absolutely never ...

More children stopped using steroid inhalers to control their asthma after a manufacturer discontinued a popular inhaler, a new study says. In 2024, GlaxoSmithKline withdrew Flovent from the market.

That timing will suppress the usual nighttime worsening of symptoms better than using an inhaler at other times of the day, researchers said. They said the perfect timing is 4 p.m., as the body is ...