Pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI) delivering drugs for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory diseases currently use hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) propellants that ...

This year is the 50th anniversary of the introduction into clinical use of the first modern inhaler for the management of asthma — the pressurised metered-dose inhaler (pMDI). The pMDI was ...

Climate change is a direct threat to human health, with the potential to reverse decades of progress across global health and ...

Inhalers come in three main types: metered-dose inhaler (MDI) dry powder inhaler (DPI) soft mist inhaler (SMI) Keep reading to learn about each type of inhaler, including the medications available ...

For the research, doctors from hospitals across the UK, in collaboration with inhaler manufacturer Chiesi, examined 2,614 pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) returned through a recycling scheme.

Efforts to supplant pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) with DPIs, most recently by the European Network on Climate and Health Education (ENCHE), have gained steam in recent years.

The drug has a marketing authorisation in a pressurised metered-dose inhaler (pMDI), as a maintenance dual bronchodilator to relieve symptoms in adults with COPD. Bevespi, which is taken twice ...

Aim: (1) To compare the efficacy and adverse effects of treatment using nebulizers vs pressurized metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) with or without a spacer/holding chamber vs dry powder inhalers (DPIs ...

A study measured the amount of medicine left in more than 2600 pressurised metered-dose inhalers that had been returned for recycling and found many were returned under or overused. In an accompanying ...

Dr Bwika explains, “Inhalers are just devices useful in the delivery of drugs into the body. But the gases used to propel the medication, particularly in pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs ...