Hi Autumn, It's very much like that here if one is not careful. Unfortunately I have to be careful because some of my medication cannot be taken with a huge range of other drugs. So I check every thing and don't allow a doctor to go off on his/her eg

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Hi Autumn, It's very much like that here if one is not careful. Unfortunately I have to be careful because some of my medication cannot be taken with a huge range of other drugs. So I check every thing and don't allow a doctor to go off on his/her ego and tell me what to do. Luckily my local GP's are great and my consultant is pretty good too. Cannot say the same about hospital doctors but I stick to my point and my decision is final, not theirs.

Anyway on the subject of nebulisers, I have just contacted the Omron company and it seems my nebuliser may just need a service. So I have to send it of to them, they service & recalibrate it and return it within a week. Good job I have a spare, though it's a small travel one, but it'll do for a week.

OK, off to find a suitable box in which to post the nebuliser. We'll see what happens next . . . .

Cheers from Mike (Chip) Chapman

Author of, A Fly on the Ward

http://bit.ly/KLXYO6

To: asthma Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2012, 13:38Subject: Re: nebuliser Autumn

I am from the US where they push meds down your throat. That is what I am used too.

Hi everyone, hope you're all well, healthy and bright today?

OK, I need some information but please bear in mind I am in the UK and do not have the riches of a banker.

I need a new nebuliser, my present one is an Omron and I have had it several years now. It has worked well but now the poor thing is becoming very slow. Administering a 5ml dose of salbutamol takes over 15 minutes, when salbutamol & Ipratropium are taken together, the resulting 10ml dose can take over 35 minutes to be delivered!

If I use my oxygen the dose takes just half the time, but I cannot keep using the O2 just for nebs.

At the moment taking my nebs via the nebuliser requires planning to allow for the time involved, so a faster nebuliser would help a great deal. I'm rough as the proverbial rat at the moment with poor breathing, plugs like concrete and pleurisy as a side order! I need to administer my nebs about 6 times per day at the moment and that's a whole 3 hours out of my day.

So I feel it's time to renew the nebuliser. Can anyone suggest a reasonable price nebuliser that can deliver a dose in less than 15 minutes please? If possible the actual makers name and web site would be helpful, but any info would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

Cheers from Mike (Chip) Chapman

Author of, A Fly on the Ward

http://bit.ly/KLXYO6