Talk:Asthma spacer
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I added the "No refrence" tag because : This article doesn't have any citations. For exemple : "Spacers slow down of speed of the aerosol coming from the inhaler, meaning that less of the asthma drug impacts on the back of the mouth and more gets into the lungs. " It is not written by what studies , by who, and why ? It is not in the Wiki spirit to leave those details out because of the commercial product shown in the picture (I support the idea of using the pictures, but oppose to not citing its effectivity in scientific methods - it is also under the wiki guide at wikipedia: citing sources - section 3.3, "This text is likely to be disputed" argument.) -- Eshy (unregistered wiki frequent user)
- I might, and I mean might, get around to giving a reference to that sometime, but we'll see. The basic idea is that in order to properly use an inhaler without a spacer, one has to coordinate a certain number of actions in a set order (pressing down on the inhaler, breathing in deeply as soon as the medication is released, holding your breath, exhaling), and not everybody is able to master that sequence. Using a spacer lets a person avoid such issues of timing. I have so many other things to do right now, though. --Kyoko 20:56, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Poorly Worded Line
The line in question states: "Because of this, less medication is needed for an effective dose, and there are fewer side effects from corticosteroid residue in the mouth."
Issue is, the dose from an inhaler is preset, so there is no way to lessen the dose other than operator error. Theory of operation of a spacer, is to simply to increase the chances for the dose to reach the lungs.
Because it has cited reference material, perhaps it was misread?
--RonEJ 08:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I think I may have written this back in the day. I meant that you need to take fewer puffs for the same amount to get into the lungs. I've sort of fixed it. Tristanb 11:46, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
