I've been advised to buy a nebuliser for home use.
They really vary in price and can be quite expensive. Does any one have any advice based on their experience about the best one to buy? I'm thinking that I would like on that can be powered by battery and mains.
Thanks guys.
Hi who advised you to buy a nebuliser? If you are in the UK they are normally supplied free on the NHS. You will also need special meds to go in it too which normally your doctor would supply on prescription. x
Nebulisers are not available on the NHS. This is what my respiratory consultant told me. The same one who recommended one and is going to prescribe the meds!!
I just want some advice from people who have them!!
Thanks
the Pariboy sx is heavy duty I would say but practical for home use although noisy..I bought the Omron portable one but it's for occasional use I think, I had to have it changed it was under garantee they gave me a brand new one and said the other one was faulty
Thanks!! I've look at the pariboy portable! So pariboy's are noisy? How long have you had it?
Not all of them maybe but this one I rent out from the chemist,it's the classic one everybody gets..i tried the portable one and didn't like it.
Okay thanks...how much does it cost you to rent it?
I left England now but I think I had to put 30£ deposit down then it was so much per day, which is why I thought I would buy one.
check on amazon
Maybe look on a site called evergreen nebulisers.
You can ring and they advise you best for you,
I bought Philips innospire delux which is ok.
Think there all noisy.
Good luck at least it's peace of mind.
I'd would have been back in hospital if it weren't for mine.
I have the omron micro air u22 wee portable one. It is battery operated but you can get and adaptor to plug it in as well.
I also have a omron ne- c28p on my bedside table.
I started out with the table top one which is great for at home, hotels etc. I had a nasty flare up out and about and my husband got the handbag one which is really really fab. Quiet and small. The table top one is quicker tho so advantages to both.
If I had to choose one tho I d get the portable one.
Bought both on amazon, the small one was half price at the time. Spare filters, masks etc are easy to get.
I get nebules prescriptionfrom GP surgery (I think the consultant authorised them).
Good luck
I brought the portable one too.....amazingly good! And So quiet.
Thanks!!
It might be worth ringing the chest clinic up in your nearest hospital. In the Devon area you can buy a nebuliser through them and then they will service it once a year and provide all the mask and tubing you need free of charge within that service.
It's OK buying, it's the up keep. if you bought from our hospital you used to take them back once a year for a service and filter change which I've done for years. then all of a sudden the hospital has stopped this service.
As others have mentioned, Evergreen Nebulisers is a really good company to deal with. I purchased one from them years ago, and it has been brilliant. I would give them a ring or email. There are different Nebulisers, depending on what medication you are using. I have to have the compression type (noisy ones similar to Docs and hospital), because my meds (Budesinide Ned) is too thick for the quieter ultrasound type nebulisers. They also have all the spare masks and filters. When you do get one, remember to leave the compressor working for a few minutes after the med has gone, to dry out the tubing. Hope this info helps.
Thanks!!
I brought an Omron micro air portable ( neu- 22) from Amazon and it's great. It's so quiet...you really can't hear it all. The mist is perfect and comes in carry case with mask or mouth tube.
I always put spare batteries in there just in case.
I use mine at home and when out. Very easy to use. Lightweight to hold and out in bag etc.
I'm actually thinking of getting another one to keep in car too.
The medication that you put in the nebuliser can affect your choice, e.g. Steroids tend to be thicker than bronchodilators and so aren't suitable for use in ultrasonic nebulisers. Also consider the costs of consumables like the nebuliser chamber, tubing, mask, mouthpiece, and inlet filters for compressor nebulisers or the vibrating micro mesh for ultrasonic nebulisers. Someone nebulisers also require annual servicing too. When these are taken into account some nebulisers can be quiet pricey to run.
I have 2 nebulisers, a battery operated Omron MicoAir which is ultrasonic and an Aquillon2 which is a mains operated compressor type. I don't have to use my nebs every day and only use bronchodilators in them so the micro air one probably would have sufficed but my dog it scared of it when it's running. I can only assume that, although it's virtually silent to humans, she can still hear it and it's loud too loud for her. It takes AA batteries, I use rechargeables and can get a good few nebs out of one set of batteries and if they do run out it's easy to swap them so you're never caught without power. You can also get a power cable for it though it's worth noting that the cable cannot charge the batteries (presumably to prevent people trying to charge alkaline batteries) . Omron recomend changing the mesh cap annually which costs £30 from evergreens.
My Aquillon is noisy like all compressor type nebulisers and whilst the dog isn't a fan of the noise she doesn't try to hide from it. One of the things I like about it is that the air inlet filter can simply be washed and put back rather than having to keep buying new ones all the time. The manufacturer recommends changing all the tubing, nebuliser cup, face mask and/or mouth piece every 6 months a pack of 4 sets of tubing, nebuliser cup, and face mask or mouthpieces costs £9.99 from amazon.
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