symbicort inhaler

hi i'm about to finish my 1st symbicort inhaler.

a totally stupid question but how do i know it's totally run out? from the counter or does it stop clicking when it's empty.

thanks

[yaf_user681_30355]

On the instruction leaflet, it says when the zero is central in the window.

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JF is correct. Symbicort has a red Red colour starting to appear in the window around 20 doses left. I knew there was probably enough left to go to 0 but to be on the safe side, I started new inhaler around the 8 - 10. So yes, from the counter.

If you're like me you, you take out the inhaler and either put the box containing leaflet straight in the paper bin for recycling or put it down somewhere and then forget where. LOL From what I remember having been on Symbicort last year, leaflet was one of those crinkly, crackly ones, when opening out so I tended to leave it in the box.

This is the bit we needed from that leaflet:

When to start using a new Turbohaler

• The dose indicator tells you how many

doses (inhalations) are left in your

Turbohaler, starting with either 60 or

120 doses when it is full.

• The dose indicator is marked in intervals of

10 doses. Therefore it does not show

every dose.

• When you first see a red mark at the edge of the indicator

window, there are approximately 20 doses left. For the last

10 doses, the background of the dose indicator is red. When

the ‘0’ on the red background has reached the middle of the

window, you must start using your new Turbohaler.

Note:

• The grip will still twist and ‘click’ even when your Turbohaler

is empty.

• The sound that you hear as you shake your Turbohaler

is produced by a drying agent and not the medicine.

Therefore the sound does not tell you how much medicine

is left in your Turbohaler.

OK? Best wishes,

Moira

[Zeinamazloum in reply to Hidden]

Thanx dear. Ur reply was really beneficial to me.

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thanks, you're right i missed that bit of the leaflet

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Also, when you start you new inhaler you have to prime it by turning it until it clicks twice before it is ready to use.