NEXTHALER QUESTION

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NEXTHALER QUESTION

I've just started on FOSTAIR NEXTHALER switching from the ' aerosol' one.

I tried to see what a dose looked like by tipping a dose on my arm. Nothing came out but neither does the counter change.

How do you tell if the powder is coming out, I could be sucking air for all I know.

[Chip_y2kuk]

You can taste it .... at least I can anyway

Also if you don't use the dose by inhaling it the dose ends up back in the chamber .... I think it tells you that in the patient leaflet ..... or a YouTube video I watched on how to take it

[Lysistrata Administrator Community Ambassador]

If it's working, you should hear a click as you inhale (I was told this by the asthma nurse when she asked if I could hear it, meaning the dose was inhaled). The dose counter should also move; it's designed so that only a successful dose inhalation affects the counter.

Some people also find it tastes a little 'gritty' and that's how they know.

[Chip_y2kuk in reply to Lysistrata]

It tastes sweet too .... I assume that's the lactose in it

[Gareth57 in reply to Lysistrata]

I can't say I've ever noticed a click inhaling, but know I've inhaled something and then the counter moves when I close the inhaler? Been using it for years so will reread the instructions when I open a new box in a few days time.

[Logo132]

I can always feel a bit of powder residue inside my mouth