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Compressors for nebulizers

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anonymous

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Is the inspiration approved for drugs based on particle size?

Anyone know where to find stats that actually show the particle size that the various compressors are capable of making?
 
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anonymous

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I use an Omron ultrasonic neb. I love it. It is completely silent and very fast!!!! I have a pari trek that I sometimes use but it is too loud for me. So, I pretty much always use my omron. It has a vibrating mesh, and small particle size like the e-flow. I have been using it for years. If the e-flow ever gets around $100, then I will buy it, but until then I am sticking with my Omron! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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anonymous

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I use an Omron ultrasonic neb. I love it. It is completely silent and very fast!!!! I have a pari trek that I sometimes use but it is too loud for me. So, I pretty much always use my omron. It has a vibrating mesh, and small particle size like the e-flow. I have been using it for years. If the e-flow ever gets around $100, then I will buy it, but until then I am sticking with my Omron! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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anonymous

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I use an Omron ultrasonic neb. I love it. It is completely silent and very fast!!!! I have a pari trek that I sometimes use but it is too loud for me. So, I pretty much always use my omron. It has a vibrating mesh, and small particle size like the e-flow. I have been using it for years. If the e-flow ever gets around $100, then I will buy it, but until then I am sticking with my Omron! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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lightNlife

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

PARI Trek is NOT approved for Pulmozyme use!!!!!!!!
It still shocks me how many CFers don't know this.
Please please please avoid the PARI Trek.</end quote></div>

Amy, I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I only said that the Pari LC plus <b>nebulizer</b> is okay for administering pulmozyme. The original question was about compressors and nebulizers which as I understood it was asking about two separate things. In my first paragraph I mentioned which compressor I have. My second paragraph states which nebulizer I use. And YES, the <b>PARI LC Plus is approved for pulmozyme. </b>

There's a difference between something being unapproved for use, and something not being acceptable for use. Perhaps you are right about the Pari Trek Compressor (I'll look into it further) but I was not incorrect about an approved <b>nebulizer</b>.

People often use compressor and nebulizer interchangeably, but they're two different pieces of equipment and two different functions. Heck, I even used the compressor to fill my bike tires once. Doesn't mean I was nebulizing them.
 
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lightNlife

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

PARI Trek is NOT approved for Pulmozyme use!!!!!!!!
It still shocks me how many CFers don't know this.
Please please please avoid the PARI Trek.</end quote></div>

Amy, I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I only said that the Pari LC plus <b>nebulizer</b> is okay for administering pulmozyme. The original question was about compressors and nebulizers which as I understood it was asking about two separate things. In my first paragraph I mentioned which compressor I have. My second paragraph states which nebulizer I use. And YES, the <b>PARI LC Plus is approved for pulmozyme. </b>

There's a difference between something being unapproved for use, and something not being acceptable for use. Perhaps you are right about the Pari Trek Compressor (I'll look into it further) but I was not incorrect about an approved <b>nebulizer</b>.

People often use compressor and nebulizer interchangeably, but they're two different pieces of equipment and two different functions. Heck, I even used the compressor to fill my bike tires once. Doesn't mean I was nebulizing them.
 
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lightNlife

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

PARI Trek is NOT approved for Pulmozyme use!!!!!!!!
It still shocks me how many CFers don't know this.
Please please please avoid the PARI Trek.</end quote></div>

Amy, I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I only said that the Pari LC plus <b>nebulizer</b> is okay for administering pulmozyme. The original question was about compressors and nebulizers which as I understood it was asking about two separate things. In my first paragraph I mentioned which compressor I have. My second paragraph states which nebulizer I use. And YES, the <b>PARI LC Plus is approved for pulmozyme. </b>

There's a difference between something being unapproved for use, and something not being acceptable for use. Perhaps you are right about the Pari Trek Compressor (I'll look into it further) but I was not incorrect about an approved <b>nebulizer</b>.

People often use compressor and nebulizer interchangeably, but they're two different pieces of equipment and two different functions. Heck, I even used the compressor to fill my bike tires once. Doesn't mean I was nebulizing them.
 
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anonymous

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Has anyone ever heard of the Invacare Stratos Desktop Compressor? I found it on the internet and it looks decent... .9 lbs. without the battery pack, max 35 psi, and the noise level is supposed to be around 55 decibels... Just wondering if anyone has used it and if they like it as I'm considering getting one.

Chelsann
 
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anonymous

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Has anyone ever heard of the Invacare Stratos Desktop Compressor? I found it on the internet and it looks decent... .9 lbs. without the battery pack, max 35 psi, and the noise level is supposed to be around 55 decibels... Just wondering if anyone has used it and if they like it as I'm considering getting one.

Chelsann
 
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anonymous

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Has anyone ever heard of the Invacare Stratos Desktop Compressor? I found it on the internet and it looks decent... .9 lbs. without the battery pack, max 35 psi, and the noise level is supposed to be around 55 decibels... Just wondering if anyone has used it and if they like it as I'm considering getting one.

Chelsann
 
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anonymous

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forgive the ignorance, but what's the eflow?

is it a compressor? for the person who posted about the Omron, how does the eflow compare to this?

can you use the pari lc plus neb with the eflow? or the omron for that matter?
 
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anonymous

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forgive the ignorance, but what's the eflow?

is it a compressor? for the person who posted about the Omron, how does the eflow compare to this?

can you use the pari lc plus neb with the eflow? or the omron for that matter?
 
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anonymous

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forgive the ignorance, but what's the eflow?

is it a compressor? for the person who posted about the Omron, how does the eflow compare to this?

can you use the pari lc plus neb with the eflow? or the omron for that matter?
 
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chipper28

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Not sure if anyone will know this, but is there generally information available from the manufacturers detailing how they vaporize the medicines -- ie. the particle size or whatever that keeps getting referred to. If there is, it would seem to me that in addition to using the compressor/nebulizer combinations which have been done in trials, we could use other compressors who have similar or better statistics?
 
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chipper28

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Not sure if anyone will know this, but is there generally information available from the manufacturers detailing how they vaporize the medicines -- ie. the particle size or whatever that keeps getting referred to. If there is, it would seem to me that in addition to using the compressor/nebulizer combinations which have been done in trials, we could use other compressors who have similar or better statistics?
 
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chipper28

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Not sure if anyone will know this, but is there generally information available from the manufacturers detailing how they vaporize the medicines -- ie. the particle size or whatever that keeps getting referred to. If there is, it would seem to me that in addition to using the compressor/nebulizer combinations which have been done in trials, we could use other compressors who have similar or better statistics?
 
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chipper28

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Ok, I looked up eflow because of the above post and I want one! I like the new gadgets, but it also just seems like a good idea. Small, uses batteries, quiet, fast... Hell, can I propose to the thing?

I found some information that seems to imply that it's available in Europe, but in the states you can only get it as a part of a clinical trial.

If anyone actually knows anything about the eflow, I would be elated to hear about it. Are the special preparations of pulmozyme and tobi for the eflow available here?


Edited to add: blah.. looks like cost is not the problem.. you can't even buy one if you want one... they're just available on leases as part of a study.. oh well, maybe soon?
 
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