Re: life expectancy of a nebulizer?

[Guest guest]

My guess is five years. This based on the knowledge that insurance

companies generally will pay to replace the nebulizer compressor

only once every five years. My son will be six in February, he

didn't get his first compressor until he was about six months of

age, and we just got a new compressor. I didn't notice our old one

getting louder, just that it was taking about twice as long to run

the same aerosols as when it was new.

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> I was wondering how often the nebulizer it self needs to be

> replaced. We have a Invacare Envoy, we havehad it going on 4

years

> this coming spring. It seems to be getting louder.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

We had one that lasted 3 and 1/2 years, but by 3 yrs, it had started losing

power. All the meds took a long time to do. When we got the new one we were

really surprised at how quickly the meds were finished, but we realized it was

because the old one was not as powerful. with the old one, it had taken us 20

min for a 1/2 dose of Tobi, with the new one it is about 10 min. If it is

seeming really loud or it is losing power I would get a new one if you can.

mom of 5 with CF and one on the way

life expectancy of a nebulizer?

I was wondering how often the nebulizer it self needs to be

replaced. We have a Invacare Envoy, we havehad it going on 4 years

this coming spring. It seems to be getting louder. I didn't really

notice it, but while visiting my family who i haven't seen in about

3 mos they have said that it seems to be louder. So i just thought

i would try to see how everyone else has handle this. We use it up

to 4x a day but average 2 x a day. TIA

mom to Breanna 11 1/2 wocf and Noah 3 1/2 wcf

[Guest guest]

I too got a loud neb after about 3 yrs.The insurance co told me

thats about all they are good for.Its a pulmoaid

Patty, mom to Tyler,8,wcf & 2wocf

> I was wondering how often the nebulizer it self needs to be

> replaced. We have a Invacare Envoy, we havehad it going on 4

years

> this coming spring. It seems to be getting louder. I didn't

really

> notice it, but while visiting my family who i haven't seen in

about

> 3 mos they have said that it seems to be louder. So i just

thought

> i would try to see how everyone else has handle this. We use it

up

> to 4x a day but average 2 x a day. TIA

>

> mom to Breanna 11 1/2 wocf and Noah 3 1/2 wcf

[Guest guest]

We seem to have to replace ours every 3-4 years. They update them about that

often too. We have the best out there. It is a Pari Neb Ultra.

Lynette Carwana