Dear Smile E.,
Which is better inhalers or nebulizers?
Signed,
Confused and Breathless
Dear Confused and Breathless,
Honestly that really depends on your situation and is really a preference thing. Nebulized medications tend to sink deeper in your lungs than an inhaler because they are given over a longer period of time. This is the easiest way to get airway medications into a patient, especially a child. Whereas inhalers are frequently used improperly so the patient does not get the full use of the medication. Inhalers need a spacer and proper breathing and administering techniques to prevent the loss of the medication into the gastrointestinal tract instead of the getting it into the airway. Most people feel inhalers are best and fastest way to administer airway medications, but the experts agree that if you aren’t using the inhalers properly that you’re just basically not getting the full benefit of your medications.
Treatment compliance should be what drives the question, “Nebulizers or inhalers?”. If a patient will not use the nebulizers or inhalers prescribed then treatment is a failure for that patient. The answer to question of which is best, nebulizers or inhalers, in reality is whichever one that the patient will actually use and what delivery method is available for the medication in question. In reality whether you use an inhaler or a nebulizer is totally up to you and your provider, so be sure to discuss this at your next appointment.
Yours Truly,
Smile E. Turtle
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