In the past I have gotten "sample" inhalers, they are red with a white cap and they are terrible. I don't use them unless I have no choice, instead I would pay the $10 and get a good one from the pharmacy. What I did not know, these two inhalers have the same medicine in them but the propellant is different. The good ones uses (sp?)florocarobons to push the medicine down into your lungs where it can do you some good, the other one does not.
So when I went to get my "good" inhaler refilled imagine my suprise to find that they will no longer be making them because of the (sp?)florocarbons and now you can only get the crappy red ones.
THE RED ONES DO NOT WORK! THEY JUST SPIT THE MEDICINE INTO YOUR MOUTH! HOW MUCH DAMAGE TO THE OZONE COULD AN INHALER DO? (consider that there is a huge display of Aqua Net right next to the pharmacy)
And to top all of this off, the new worthless inhaler costs $33, so triple the price for crappy meds.
THANKS SO MUCH ALGORE YOU STUPID GIT!
2006-09-12 02:18:46 · 4 answers · asked by reevesfarm 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
The irony of your Aqua Net comment made me smile (in the way we find humor in irony). So sad, but kind of funny.
As for those new red inhalers. Yes, they are becoming the standard, and yes, everyone who's used the white ones for years HATES the taste the red ones leave in their mouths.
Try talking to your doctor or pharmacist about getting an Aerochamber. It's a tube your inhaler fits into. You spray the inhaler into the chamber and then draw it into your lungs. People who have used the chamber with the red inhaler still complain that they can taste it. On the plus side, they say the taste doesn't last nearly as long because the inhaler isn't 'spitting' the medicine directly on their tongue.
Hope that helps.
Al Gore IS a git!
2006-09-12 02:39:05 · answer #1 · answered by IAINTELLEN 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i suggest you use a chamber when taking the meds... it is more effective than using the meds directly. how to tell if the medicine went inside your lungs? when you inhale it, if all of a sudden you feel like coughing -- that means it went through.
2006-09-12 13:21:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the chamber advice. My daughter has one and it is much better that way.
As for the bad taste.. Your really supposed to rinse your mouth after you use it anyway. =0)
2006-09-12 10:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by shellylynn000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kick all your inhalers out!
Drink WATER when you have an attack simple and natural. It's what I do.
I stopped using inhlrz and advair, because it's expensive and doesn't work.
2006-09-13 20:39:30 · answer #4 · answered by Born Valentine's Day 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋