 | AllergyNotes What's Different About The New HFA Inhalers for asthma? The Tampa Tribune: http://tinyurl.com/8w7u2y |
| AllergyNotes HFA inhalers are more expensive because any drug combined with a new propellant is considered a new drug by FDA http://tinyurl.com/8w7u2y |
| AllergyNotes The new albuterol HFA inhalers cost $30 to $60, whereas the CFC inhalers ran about $5 to $25 apiece http://tinyurl.com/8w7u2y |
| AllergyNotes New HFA inhalers contain 200 puffs, more than enough to last months for everyone whose asthma is well-controlled http://tinyurl.com/8w7u2y |
| AllergyNotes 3 of new the HFA inhalers (Proventil, ProAir & Ventolin) dispense albuterol, 4th (Xopenex) contains levalbuterol http://tinyurl.com/8w7u2y |
| AllergyNotes You have to clean your new HFA inhaler at least once a week http://tinyurl.com/8w7u2y |
A $9-albuterol (Ventolin) HFA inhaler is available from Wal-Mart. It is less expensive than most HFA inhalers but it contains only 90 "puffs" as opposed to 200 "puffs" for all other albuterol inhalers.
References:
What's Different About The New HFA Inhalers? The Tampa Tribune.
Doctors Hear Gripes About HFA Inhalers. Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today, 03/2009.
Updated: 03/22/2009