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2. Metered-dose inhaler - Wikipedia

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   Nicotine inhalers also exist as non-MDIs; for example, the format for the Nicorette Inhalator is an "inhalation vapour solution." Dry powder inhalers involve micronized powder, often packaged in single-dose quantities in blisters or gel capsules containing the powdered medication to be drawn into the lungs by the user's breath. These systems ...

3. Budesonide/formoterol - Wikipedia

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   Budesonide/formoterol, sold under the brand name Symbicort among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used in the management of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [2] It contains budesonide, a steroid; and formoterol, a long-acting β 2-agonist (LABA). [2]

4. Anti-asthmatic agent - Wikipedia

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   Low-dose inhaled corticosteroids and formoterol maintenance therapy; Step 4: Daily symptoms, or waking with asthma once a week or more, and low lung function . Medium dose inhaled corticosteroids and formoterol maintenance therapy; Short-course oral corticosteroids when required in severely uncontrolled asthma

5. Inhaler - Wikipedia

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   An inhaler (puffer, asthma pump or allergy spray) is a medical device used for delivering medicines into the lungs through the work of a person's breathing. This allows medicines to be delivered to and absorbed in the lungs, which provides the ability for targeted medical treatment to this specific region of the body, as well as a reduction in the side effects of oral medications.

6. Dry-powder inhaler - Wikipedia

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   Three types of dry powder inhalers: Turbuhaler, Accuhaler and Ellipta devices. A dry-powder inhaler ( DPI ) is a device that delivers medication to the lungs in the form of a dry powder. DPIs are commonly used to treat respiratory diseases such as asthma , bronchitis , emphysema and COPD although DPIs (such as inhalable insulin ) have also been ...

7. Some drugmakers to cap cost of asthma inhalers at $35 a month

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   Following years of public outcry about the high cost of inhalers, the two drugmakers — along with a third, GlaxoSmithKline — have committed to capping the out-of-pocket cost at $35 a month.