Quote Originally Posted by nscrbug View Post
Which brings me to a question for those that use the ProAir inhaler...do you find that you have to pump it several times before you get anything to come out? I do have a "spacer" that I'll use when I'm at home, but even with the spacer it feels like nothing comes out unless I press down the canister like 3 or 4 times. Anyone else experience this? I never had this problem with my Ventolin inhaler...but I can't seem to get my doc to write the script for a non-generic inhaler, so when I get it filled at Walgreens they always end up giving me the ProAir one...which sucks.
I find that my Pro-Air inhaler gets clogged VERY fast. I am forever rinsing the mouthpiece out with hot water. I never had this issue with the old CFC propellant albuterol. Those also worked a lot better for me...I'm not alone. There are a LOT of people very unhappy with the new ozone-friendly inhalers. What ticks me off is that the new propellant meant that albuterol rescue inhalers fall under a new patent and are no longer cheap. So instead of $5 I now pay $40...for the same friggin' drug, only the new delivery method doesn't work as well, so I have to refill it more often, because it takes 2-3 puffs (or depressing it, only to have the spray blocked by a clogged mouthpiece) when the old ones worked in 1-2. It's a racket.