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    Using an inhaler on an airplane.

    A friend developed bronchial spasms as a result of a really bad cold and is now about to travel with a prescribed albuteron inhaler. Any suggestions or warnings? All I'm getting online is TSA considerations.

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    I'm guessing you're referring to air travel? I have one in my purse all the time. I haven't had to use it on a plane but there's never been an issue carrying it with me. I've never been asked to show it to anyone during the security check in but it would be like any other prescription med. I can't think of any specific precautions regarding actually using an albuterol inhaler on a plane, just keep it where it's easily accessible in case it's needed, not in the overhead compartment or in checked luggage. If he/she has specific concerns about using it during a flight or during travel, they should call their physician who is familiar with their particular situation or illness before they leave to get their questions answered.

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    Get a "spacer". Where I live, these require a prescription (which is so dumb!)

    https://www.lung.org/lung-health-and...e-inhaler.html

    I have asthma, sometimes pretty bad, but there isn't any particular reason for air travel to be precluded. I will tell you that they do not pressurize the cabin to sea level, I think it's more like to 5000 feet above sea level. That's why there is less oxygen available to cross from the lungs into the blood. However, as most of us know, it's not a significant deficit because we're crammed into those little seats and not exercising heavily.

    The spacer, in my view is an absolute necessity. It increases the amount of albuterol that actually makes it into the lungs. I would not be without one.

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    Yeah, a spacer requires a prescription here, too. I hate it when school kids have an inhaler but no spacer so I'd order disposable ones for the health room. They do enhance drug delivery, for sure.

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    Thanks! He got a spacer and the pharmacist taught him how to use it. Apparently the concern was air pressure.

 



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