#107 COPD: 5 Pearls Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
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Inhaler Devices
Doctor salkean also had one other practical tip that i want to make sure we share with the listeners, as this applies to all inhaler devices. You squeeze, then breathe, and then hold your breath for a good five or ten seconds. The reason you're holding your breath is so that the mist settles down and sticks to the walls of the airway,. So then it absorbed. If you just inhale and exhale them, then the medicine goes in and goes out, and doesn't do anybody any good.
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