Canadian Pharmacy Showcases an Effective Asthma Inhaler

Mar 13
07:47

2012

Remcel Mae P. Canete

Remcel Mae P. Canete

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With several asthma Canadian drugs spotted as dangerous to life in general, an inhaler formulation for asthma approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - ProAir HFA (albuterol sulfate) shows promising results.

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With several asthma Canadian drugs spotted as dangerous to life in general, an inhaler formulation for asthma approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - ProAir HFA (albuterol sulfate) shows promising results. 

ProAir HFA (Generic Albuterol) provides you a fast relief when experiencing asthma,Canadian Pharmacy Showcases an Effective Asthma Inhaler Articles exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).  It contains albuterol and is prescribed to patients not younger than 4 years of age.  ProAir HFA is handy – hassle-free to carry and store.  Also, it is covered by more than 90% of health plans.  ProAir HFA is unique because it dispenses the medicine in a warmer, lower impact and longer-duration plume.  Its main objective is to keep you going and active. 

However, there are certain things to consider prior using ProAir HFA. If you are allergic to albuterol, then to buy ProAir HFA is a no-no. If you are suffering from one or more of health conditions (e.g. heart disease, high blood pressure, or congestive heart failure, a heart rhythm disorder, a seizure disorder such as epilepsy, diabetes, overactive thyroid) inform your physician about it for necessary dose adjustments or if special laboratory tests are required to check your compatibility with the medicine. If you are breastfeeding a baby, undergoing pregnancy or planning to be pregnant, make sure to tell your doctor because albuterol treatment may cause negative effects unto your unborn or newborn baby.  Precaution should always be noted to avoid harming others’ lives especially if it is your own child. If you are taking some of below medicines and other prescriptions that you are maintaining (like adiuretic, digoxin, beta-blocker, antidepressant, MAO inhibitor, and other bronchodilators), tell your doctor for their interaction may not be advantageous to your health but rather causing more risks.

An inhaler or puffer is a medical device used for delivering medication into the body via the lungs. It is mainly used in the treatment of asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Zanamivir (Relenza), used to treat influenza, must be administered via inhaler. To reduce deposition in the mouth and throat, and to reduce the need for precise synchronization of the start of inhalation with actuation of the device, MDIs are sometimes used with a complementary spacer or holding chamber device. 

The most common type of inhaler is the pressurized metered-dose inhaler (MDI). In MDIs, medication is most commonly stored in solution in a pressurized canister that contains a propellant, although it may also be a suspension. The MDI canister is attached to a plastic, hand-operated actuator. On activation, the metered-dose inhaler releases a fixed dose of medication in aerosol form. The correct procedure for using an MDI is to first fully exhale, place the mouth-piece of the device into the mouth, and having just started to inhale at a moderate rate, depress the canister to release the medicine. The aerosolized medication is drawn into the lungs by continuing to inhale deeply before holding the breath for 10 seconds to allow the aerosol to settle onto the walls of the bronchial and other airways of the lung.

In 1968, Robert Wexler of Abbott Laboratories developed the Analgizer, a disposable inhaler that allowed the self-administration of methoxyflurane vapor in air for analgesia. The Analgizer consisted of a polyethylene cylinder 5 inches in length and 1 inch in diameter with a 1 inch long mouthpiece. The device contained a rolled wick of polypropylene felt which held 15 milliliters of methoxyflurane. Because of the simplicity of the Analgizer and the pharmacological characteristics of methoxyflurane, it was easy for patients to self-administer the drug and rapidly achieve a level of conscious analgesia which could be maintained and adjusted as necessary over a period of time lasting from a few minutes to several hours. 

The 15 milliliter supply of methoxyflurane would typically last for two to three hours, during which time the user would often be partly amnesic to the sense of pain; the device could be refilled if necessary. The Analgizer was found to be safe, effective, and simple to administer in obstetric patients during childbirth, as well as for patients with bone fractures and joint dislocations, and for dressing changes on burn patients. When used for labor analgesia, the Analgizer allows labor to progress normally and with no apparent adverse effect on Apgar scores. 

All vital signs remain normal in obstetric patients, newborns, and injured patients. The Analgizer was widely utilized for analgesia and sedation until the early 1970s, in a manner that foreshadowed the patient-controlled analgesia infusion pumps of today. The Analgizer inhaler was withdrawn in 1974, but use of methoxyflurane as a sedative and analgesic continues in Australia and New Zealand in the form of the Penthrox inhaler.