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Using an inhaler alone may not be enough to manage asthma

Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-colored inhaler (or "puffer"). This kind of "rescue inhaler" brings quick relief from ...
WOOD-TV

What to remember about properly using an inhaler

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people manage their asthma with an inhaler — but they may not be using it correctly. Studies show that nearly 90% of patients with an inhaler make at least one ...
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5 Simple Ways To Use Inhalers And Nebulizers Safely

Inhalers and nebulizers play a key role in delivering medication to the lungs, making it easier for people with breathing issues like asthma or COPD to manage their symptoms. To get the best results ...
Fast Company

Asthma inhalers create a shocking amount of emissions. This major drug company is redesigning them

Climate change is making asthma worse, as hotter temperatures increase ozone pollution and wildfires and make pollen season longer. But asthma, ironically, is also making climate change worse: ...
CNN

Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. About 34 million Americans have a chronic ...