Inhaled Medication With a Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI)

Several medicines for chronic lung diseases like asthma or COPD are now delivered in a dry powder inhaler. Since the medicines are dry powder, they must be delivered in a special inhaler. When you inhale fast enough the medicine is released.

The basic technique for using a dry powdered medication is:

1. Exhale away from device
2. Put mouthpiece in your mouth
3. Breathe in quickly

Dry powder inhalers include:

You can read more about how to use some of the more common dry powder inhalers by clicking on each one below:

• Aerolizer®
• Diskus®
• Flexhaler®
• Handihaler®
• Rotahaler®
• Turbuhaler®
• Twisthaler®