Inhaler help

[caroleoctober]

Can anyone help me please? I have damaged hands due to an accident and find I am having difficulty depressing my salbutimal inhaler. I am sure I have seen a post on here about a gadget you can get which helps with this. I have tried searching but as I don't know what it is called I haven't had much success. Keep smiling

Carole x

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[corriena]

Your chemist can sell you a haleraid but thear are two sizes so take your inhaler with you to get the right size they also work with a spacer so you can depress your canister befor you put it to your mouth ( for a second or two) as the drug is held in the spacer timing isent so critical

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Don’t bother buying online, my chemist got me a couple of Haleraids within 24hrs, only about £2 each. They’ve made life much easier.

[DJstag]

Hi, see your doctors, they should change your inhaler to a breath actuated one, Salamol easi-breath is an example of one, there are a couple.

Hope this helps.

Mike

[Pentreath Volunteer]

I was changed to Fostair when I had that problem. Very easy to use and seems to suit me.

[caroleoctober in reply to Pentreath]

Thanks for that. I use Fostair night and morning, the surgery changed the seretide I was using to that a couple of months ago but I still use salbutamol as a reliever. I will give my respiratory nurse a ring later. Keep smiling

Carole x

[Pentreath Volunteer in reply to caroleoctober]

Sorry Carole, I misunderstood - I use Bricanyl as a reliever and that is easy to use and does the job.

[chillymaid in reply to caroleoctober]

Hello Carol. I suffer from very painful finger joints, and find the salbutamol easi-haler far better to use than the ordinary inhaler. Wish they made the fostair with easie-haler canister.

Sure the nurse will help you.

P.H.

[Phil40]

Hope your hands recover soon. Must be very frustrating. I broke my wrist 10 years ago and that was annoying enough.

Regards

Phil

[caroleoctober]

Thank you Phil. My hands will always be like this because with severe COPD it is too risky for me to have an anaesthetic. Never mind I still have all my senses and my legs and feet still work so I am not as bad as some. Keep smiling

Carole

[watergazer]

Hi why don't you try an easi breathe salbutamol inhaler before buying any gadgets. I can.t work the ones you have to depress as well as the easi breathe so I get easi breathe inhalers all the time. Hope this helps.