Spiriva Handihaler® consists of the anticholinergic drug tiotropiumbromide. This medicin is used in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, most often abbreviated as COPD.
Pharmacology: tiotropiumbromide is a long-acting anticholinergic drug. It blocks the muscarin receptor. This way, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine will not be able to bind on this receptor. The result is a relaxation of the bronchialic muscle tissue.
Always use this medication as your doctor/pharmacist advises you. The most commonly used therapy is the inhalation of one capsule a day, on the same hour each day.
How to use the Handihaler:
Step 1: It may sound logical, but open the cap and the mouth piece.
Step 2:
Gently take a Spiriva capsule. Place it in the open space. Close it off with the mouth piece until you hear a soft click. Press the green button FULLY on the side only once. By pressing this button, the capsule will be "pierced", creating small openings in the capsule, ready to inhale.
Step 3:
- Fully breath out as much as possible. Note: away from the Handihaler! We do not want the Handihaler to be humidified by the breath.
- Place yourself in a straight position, tilt your head a little bit backwards (this will open up the lungs, and this will prevent the drug to be stuck in the throat.
- Place your mouth on the mouth piece: place it between the teeths and enclose it with your lips.
- Breath in as hard as you can! Not through the nose however, watch out with that. While breathing in, you will hear a small zooming sound. This is the capsule spinning, making it possible to extract the drug out.
- Remove the Handihaler from the mouth. Try to keep in your breath for 5-10 seconds. Then, breath out slowly.
Repeat step 3 a second time: this will make sure all medicin is inhaled.
Step 4:
- Close off the Handihaler with the protection cap.
- Rinse your mouth with water! If a small fraction of tiotropium is left in the mouth, this could give a dry mouth, with possible complications. Always make sure to rinse your mouth with water after EVERY application.
Pharmacology: tiotropiumbromide is a long-acting anticholinergic drug. It blocks the muscarin receptor. This way, the neurotransmitter acetylcholine will not be able to bind on this receptor. The result is a relaxation of the bronchialic muscle tissue.
Always use this medication as your doctor/pharmacist advises you. The most commonly used therapy is the inhalation of one capsule a day, on the same hour each day.
How to use the Handihaler:
Step 1: It may sound logical, but open the cap and the mouth piece.
Step 2:
Gently take a Spiriva capsule. Place it in the open space. Close it off with the mouth piece until you hear a soft click. Press the green button FULLY on the side only once. By pressing this button, the capsule will be "pierced", creating small openings in the capsule, ready to inhale.
Step 3:
- Fully breath out as much as possible. Note: away from the Handihaler! We do not want the Handihaler to be humidified by the breath.
- Place yourself in a straight position, tilt your head a little bit backwards (this will open up the lungs, and this will prevent the drug to be stuck in the throat.
- Place your mouth on the mouth piece: place it between the teeths and enclose it with your lips.
- Breath in as hard as you can! Not through the nose however, watch out with that. While breathing in, you will hear a small zooming sound. This is the capsule spinning, making it possible to extract the drug out.
- Remove the Handihaler from the mouth. Try to keep in your breath for 5-10 seconds. Then, breath out slowly.
Repeat step 3 a second time: this will make sure all medicin is inhaled.
Step 4:
- Close off the Handihaler with the protection cap.
- Rinse your mouth with water! If a small fraction of tiotropium is left in the mouth, this could give a dry mouth, with possible complications. Always make sure to rinse your mouth with water after EVERY application.
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