Choose the right inhaler for your patients !
The In-Check DIAL is a pulmonary airflow meter that helps the professional identify the most appropriate inhaler for the patient, based on their ability to learn and achieve the optimum flow rate for each device.
Research has shown that drug availability is directly influenced by inspiratory flow. Patients that cannot achieve the recommended inspiratory flow for their inhaler may not gain maximum benefit from their prescribed medication.
Dry powder inhalers are dependent on the patient producing sufficiently high inspiratory flow rates to remove the medication from the device.
Pressurised
metered dose inhalers release the aerosol
cloud at high speed - to optimise deposition within the
lungs, a slower inhalation speed reduces the impact of
the drug on the oropharynx.
Breath-actuated
metered dose inhaler products will only
release the dose above a specific flow rate. Below that
flow, the patient will not receive any of the medication.
As each brand of inhaler has a different design, the resistance to air passing through each will be different - to achieve the same flow rate, a patient will have to exert much more effort for a high-resistance inhaler than for a low-resistance one.
By simulating the resistance of common drug delivery devices, and measuring the inspiratory flow achieved by the patient, the In-Check DIAL identifies which inhalers are capable of being operated.
Poor drug delivery is a major problem in a disease such as asthma, where patients require specific amounts of medication for both short-term relief, and long-term prevention. Determining whether or not a patient can provide a sufficiently high inspiratory flow rate is an important factor in optimising inhaled treatment.
IN-CHECK
Introduction