Give the advantages nebulisers have over inhalers?

Answer 1

Nebulisers have the same drug as inhalers but usually in stronger doses. Nebulisers also tend to work by using a "steam" mist that is easier to inhale (as it's a constant mist) whereas inhalers can be tricky to co-ordinate the inhalation of the medication with the patients own inhalation ( although the use of spacer devices can counteract this).

Answer 2

There are two types of inhalers. Preventatives & Relievers. Preventers are steroid based & should be used daily to prevent attacks, relievers are for easing the wheezing or 'tightness' in the chest, when suffering an attack or 'bout'.
Nebulisers are pure oxygen based (along with treatment medicine) and are usually given in emergencies when other treatments have no effect.

Answer 3

Inhalers are more for a "right now" or emergency usage. For example, when an athsmatic has an attack, he can use an inhaler for immediate relief. A nebulizer is used for a more slow treatment or for those who can't use an inhaler such as babies and toddlers. An inhaler gives a quick puff of medicine directly into the lungs and a nebulizer gives a steady stream of airborn particles, usually through use of a mask, which the patient inhales with the surrounding air. Nebulizers are commonly used for pneumonia patients.

Answer 4

Nebulisers are used used to deliver large amounts of medicines rapidly to the airways of the lungs. They have an advantage over other inhalation devices, such as inhalers, diskhalers, turbuhalers and autohalers, in that they are easy to use and don't require co-ordination or much effort. They also work much more rapidly than medicines taken by mouth. A significant volume of literature in the last decade has consistently failed to demonstrate a therapeutic advantage to small volume nebulizer (SVN) over metered dose inhaler (MDI) for delivery, deposition, and efficacy of aerosol therapy in both asthma and chronic obstructive airway disease. Despite the evidence for medical treatment equivalency, a survey of five local hospitals showed no policy for affecting this conversion. Respiratory therapists encountered concern from clinicals and even an occasional pulmonary or allergy specialist that this conversion would lead to an exacerbation of bronchospasm or respiratory failure. Staunch support for SVN therapy is evident from equipment manufacturers and those who sell solutions of aerosolized drugs. With regard to those on mechanical ventilation, The delivery of bronchodilators with metered-dose inhaler (MDI) has attracted considerable interest in recent years. This is because the use of the MDI has several advantages over the nebulizer, such as reduced cost, ease of administration, less personnel time, reliability of dosing and a lower risk of contamination. A spacer device is fundamental in order to demonstrate the efficacy of the bronchodilatory therapy delivered by MDI. Provided that the technique of administration is appropriate, MDIs are as effective as nebulizers, despite a significantly lower dose of bronchodilator given by the MDI.
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Answer 5

Nebulisesrs give a longer, more sustained dose of reliever than inhalers.
Nebulisers are mainly used for more severe attacks, whereas inhalers relieve lesser exaserbations.

In this way, there is no advantage of one over the other, they are essentially doing the same thing, but one is for more serious episodes and the other is for more everyday use.

But the inhaler is far more portable......

Answer 6

For diabetes? There are insulin inhalers available now but I certianly wouldn't use one! No idea about nebulisers - sorry! xx

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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