Using your inhaler properly is important to make sure the medicine gets into your lungs where it is needed.
A spacer is highly recommended when using a puffer, as it helps to get more of the medicine into your lungs.
There are 2 ways you can use your puffer and spacer. The 4 breath technique is particularly good for women in later pregnancy, when pressure of the growing baby can make it uncomfortable to breath deeply.
How to use a puffer and spacer - 4 breath technique
How to use a puffer and spacer - 1 breath technique
How to use a puffer - no spacer available
How to use a Turbulaher
- Puffer: also known as a ‘pressurised metered dose inhaler’ or pMDI.
- A Turbuhaler is a different type of inhaler that is not used with a spacer.