Then breathe out. If the dose of medication is more than one spray steps 1 through 5 should be repeated each time. When taking more than one spray, if the patient is wheezing he should wait several minutes before taking the second spray of rescue medicine to allow the airways to open up a bit increasing the effectiveness of the second dose. If coughing prevents him from holding the medicine in his lungs, the dose should not be counted as taken. He should wait a few minutes to allow the little bit of spray coating the airways to decrease the airway irritability and then try again.
Sprays are very effective medications.
If you speak to an older asthmatic he may have a completely different impression of sprays because years ago there were no maintenance sprays and the rescue sprays had more side effects and a short duration of action. As a result, asthmatics were cautioned to use these sprays only as a last resort. Spacers A spacer is a device placed between the spray and the patient's mouth. Studies show that spacers increase the amount of medicine that gets into the lungs and decrease the amount deposited in the throat even in adults who have good spray technique. That increases the effectiveness of the spray and decreases the risk of thrush from steroid sprays.