Drug Delivery Systems Flashcards
1
Q
What are your metered dose inhalers?
A
Evohalers: Seretide, QVAR
2
Q
What are your Dry powder inhalers?
A
Handihalers: tiotropium
turboinhalers - symbicort
3
Q
What reaction may a patient experience when switching from a metered dose inhaler to a dry powder inhaler? What should you do to avoid this?
A
patient will develop a dry cough
patients are not advised to switch between space devices and should be replaced every 6-12 months
4
Q
How would you clean the space devices?
A
clean once a month and left to drip dry - key counselling point
5
Q
How do nebulisers work? What’s the benefit of them?
A
they turn a solution of a drug and they turn into an aerosol inhalation
You can give higher doses of a drug to the airways than compared to standard inhalers
