Volume 2, Number 2, March 2008

Why Optimise Inhaler Technique in Asthma and COPD?
Jon Bell

Asthma UK estimates that 2.1 million patients in the UK are suffering unnecessarily because they do not use their asthma treatment effectively. This article looks at how inhaled therapies are deposited in the lungs, and at the basic differences between inhalers – with a focus on optimising inhaler technique.

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