Also, some expect to feel an effect when they shouldn't with the right technique. With a metered dose inhaler, if you inhale too quickly, it hits the back of the throat, you feel it and you get ...

Porush created the first metered-dose inhaler (MDI) in just two months. By March 1956, the Food and Drug Administration had approved two new aerosol drugs for asthma, as well as Porush’s device ...

The characteristics of an ideal inhaler are based around the design ... is fairly consistent irrespective of the inhalation technique used by patients of all age groups. Clinical studies have ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer About the Author Patricia Mikula, PharmD, has over nine years of experience and works as an inpatient clinical pharmacist for medical/surgical and intensive care unit ...