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Metered dose inhaler use - Series—Metered dose inhaler - step seven

Metered dose inhaler - step seven

Overview

Make sure you spit the water out. Do NOT swallow it.

Review Date 1/1/2025

Updated by: Frank D. Brodkey, MD, FCCM, Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.

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