- Follow your asthma management plan for directions on how many times a day your doctor wants you to take the medicine in the MDI with the chamber with mouthpiece.
Before you use a new inhaler for the first time, take the cap off and prime it by spraying 4 puffs into the air.
- Be sure to check that the chamber is free of foreign objects.
- Put the chamber and MDI together by gently pushing the MDI into the opening.
Shake the MDI and chamber well for 5 seconds.
- Exhale (breathe out).
- Place the mouthpiece in your mouth and close your lips around it to make a seal.
- Squeeze the MDI so one puff of medicine is sprayed into the chamber.
- S-l-o-w-l-y take a deep breath in and hold it for 10 seconds. If the chamber whistles, breathe in slower.
- Hold your breath for 10 seconds then breath out normally.
- If two puffs of medicine have been prescribed, wait 1 minute and repeat steps 4-8.
- Wash the chamber with mouthpiece once a week in a clean bowl of warm water and dishwashing liquid. Rinse gently with warm water and let air dry. Never use a towel. Replace if chamber gets cracked or broken.
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